The Bayton Hickman-Mitchell House is a farmhouse along Schoolhouse Lane built c. 1840. In 1848, the property was described as having the two story stone house with attached kitchen, a stone and frame barn, wagon house, wood house, hog house, ice house, milking shed. An interesting feature of the property was that the barn and house were fed by hydraulic water pumps.
Bayton Hickman was a school director for Concord Township and a farmer. He lived on the property with his wife, two sisters, his brother, and three boarders. By 1844, Hickman owned 91 1/4 acres and farmed 88 of those acres according to the 1850 census. The farm was valued at $10,000 at that time. A picture of the house and barn were featured in the 1875 Stuart Atlas when Samuel Benington owned the property.
The barn has a date stone that reads “F.M.M. 1937,” however it is believed the that the barn is much older and the date stone relates to an addition. The barn was used for cattle until the later half of the 20th century when it was converted into offices.
This house is a private residence and not open to the public.
Concord Township Historic Resource #186
