During the 1920s, the house became a site for pilgrimage for Black Freemasons, with Henson having joined the masonry late in his life.[1] In 1930 members of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) began to care for the gravesites on location; with the Dresden & District Horticultural Society agreeing to assist the IODE in maintaining the property the following year.[7] In May 1933, maintenance of the gravesite was formally granted to the horticultural society.[7]