Owner Li Yung-kun is a descendant of the eminent Li family of Tanshui, which produced three juren (a successful candidate in provincial-level exams, held every three years). The house testifies to this past: It has a swallow-tailed roof and a flagpole, features that only the home of a juren was entitled to have.
堂主李永坤先生是淡水赫赫有名李姓大家族的後嗣，三個舉人都出在李家，今日在淡江農場水源地的李祖厝，翹起的燕尾屋頂和旗竿可做證明（只有舉人家才能有的）。