The Samuel Hannum House was built in the mid-1700s to mid-1800s. The exact building date of the original home is unknown. The property is part of an initial land grant comprising 500 acres acquired by George Stroud in July 1682. John Hannum purchased 100 acres from this tract in 1705. John Hannum’s great-grandson, Samuel Hannum, built the present house. The property is listed in 1848 as having a two-story stone house with four rooms on each floor, a 55 x 40-foot two-story frame barn, a carriage house and corn crib, and a stone springhouse. Samuel Hannum cultivated 60 acres of his land, and the farm was valued at $7,200 in 1850. The property remained in the Hannum Family until the 1930s, except for 1870-1892, when the Webster Family owned the house.
It is estimated that the house underwent three significant renovations as well as a Victorian “update” that removed partitions from rooms, enlarged doorways, and removed hearths. Marks of a previous beehive oven can be seen along the north side of the home.
Under the ownership of Joshua Eyre Hannum and Mary Dell Hill in the early 1900s, the property became known as “Dell Eyre Farm” and operated on 68 acres. The McQuillan Family owned the property from the 1940s until they sold the house and land, then reduced to 5 acres, to the Anderson Family in the mid-1980s.
The barn and springhouse still exist on the property.
This property is a private residence and not open to the public.
Concord Township Historic Resource #99
