The John Hart House is a frame Victorian home in Ward Village built c. 1890 for John H. Hart. It is made up of a fieldstone foundation, and originally had a fishscale slate and tin roof. The property at one time contained mushroom houses, a corn crib, and shed. The property still contains some original flooring and beams. John Hart was a blacksmith, and conducted business in the…

This property was originally a barn built c. 1870 by Brinton J. Heyburn that was converted into a house in 1985 by the Hartle Family. James B. Miller purchased 111 acres from Susannah Harper in 1817, and then passed the property on to John Miller in 1843. By 1870, Brinton J. Heyburn owned the property after marrying a Miller daughter. Heyborn built the existing barn structure on the…

The Thomas Cassin Jr. House is a farmhouse built c. 1850 on land previously owned by his father, Thomas Cassin. Thomas Jr. farmed the land, which contained a 200 tree apple orchard and 100 tree peach orchard. The Hudson Family owned the property around 1850. The current house was likely built by Andrew Hudson at that time. Andrew Hudson was a former indentured apprentice through the County House…

The Peter W. S. Slawter House is a Victorian frame house built c. 1880 off of Garnet Mine Road. It was built for Peter Winfield Sipe Slawter and Sarah Emma Slawter. Peter Winfield Sipe Slawter was a farmer and carpenter by trade, according to 1900 and 1910 Census records. He specialized in building spiral staircases, and built two for his farmhouse. He owned 11 acres of land, and…

This farmhouse was built c. 1845 on 24 acres for John Williamson. The 24 acres were previously part of Robert Gamble’s 53 acre property that he purchased from Robert McCay. Williamson sold the property to Edward R. Helmbold in 1849. The property was described in 1851 records as comprised of “a six room frame house with a front porch, a stable, spring water, some woodland, and fields fertilized…

The John Speakman House was a Georgian-style stucco over stone farmhouse built c. 1800. Also once on the property were ruins of a springhouse/residence, a large frame barn that was much older than the house, a frame corncrib, and mushroom houses. The right side of the home indicated earlier construction and contained an unusually large corner cooking fireplace. The springhouse ruins indicated that an earlier house was built…

The Eavenson-Myers-Hannum-Beebe House is a colonial farmhouse built c. 1740 off of Kirk Road. The center section of the house was built sometime c. 1740. The eastern end built in 1839 under Samuel Myers’ ownership, and the western section built in the late 1800s under the Elwood Hannum ownership. William Hannum was born in the house, and later went on to write the History of St. John’s, Concord…

The Joseph Cloud House is a c. 1808 stone farmhouse off of Baltimore Pike. Joseph Cloud owned 92 acres of land, and was one of the five original school directors for the Concord Township public school system. Joseph willed the house and property to his son James Cloud in 1838 who lived there through 1850. James farmed 82 acres of the land, and the farm was valued at…

The Thomas Pierce – John Way House was initially built in 1794 by Thomas Pierce along the Baltimore Pike. The original house was a 33 x 24 foot two-story stone house. Samuel Trimble sold 3 acres to Thomas Pierce in 1794. Abraham Sharpless purchased the property in 1799, and the house was likely being used as an inn due to the high selling price. The property passed to…