The Samuel Trimble — Norris J. Scott House is a large mansion that sits along Concord Road next to the Concord Friends Meeting House. It was originally built in 1767 for Samuel Trimble on 8 acres purchased from Thomas West. Samuel Trimble built a small stone house that was used as a hatter’s shop.
Norris J. Scott purchased the property in 1873 from Mary Trimble Palmer. Norris J. Scott owned and operated a coal and lumber yard with his father, Alexander Scott, in Ward Village along Concord Creek, where the present-day Il Granaio restaurant sits. Norris Scott then sold the property to Professor Joseph Shortlidge, the headmaster of the Maplewood Institute, in 1892.
After Professor Joseph Shortlidge’s death in 1912, the property was sold to Dr. Joseph H. Horner, who operated a “rest home,” or rehabilitation retreat for the elderly and sick.
The house is a stucco over rough stone with several frame additions built in 1820 and 1875. This is a wonderful example of 19th century architecture and the impact Victorianism had on rural communities.
This house is a private residence, and not open to the public.
Concord Township Historic Inventory Resource #115
