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Ireton
Samuel Trimble—Norris Scott House
815 Concord Road
“In the large house in Concordville where he lived with his father, mother, sister, Louise, Uncle Stock had a well-equipped dark room adjoining his studio-lounge and bedroom. It was in his dark room that he taught me how to develop the photographic plates and print the pictures” (Hannum, p. 108).
The original section of this house was built c. 1767 for Samuel Trimble. It was sold to Norris J. Scott in 1873 and then to Professor Joseph Shortledge in 1892 (principal of the nearby Maplewood Institute). After Prof. Shortledge died in 1911, Dr. Joseph H. Horner purchased the property and ran a “rest home” out of the house. At the time of the 1924 tour, Dr. Horner owned the property. He was the uncle of Joshua Eyre Hannum. Today, the home sits in a cluster of trees and shrubs, but glimpses of the large home can be seen when traveling along Concord Road.
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