The first building to be developed on the lands of Ooty that denoted a fresh start of a new phase in the city, Stone house is one of the most consequential pieces of building to be built in Ooty. The tales of how the building appeared goes a long time ago when John Sullivan, the Collector of Coimbatore, stumbled upon the mesmerizing excellence of Ooty and trusting it to be a phenomenal tourist destination later on fabricated the absolute first English House (Stone House) as his residence.