Listed in 2018 as a four-unit apartment building. 3.2 acres built in 1850

There is a quitclaim deed filed in 1867 from Ebenezer Handy, but dated 1851, that references Forbes Baker’s “new” house (117:60). There is also a quitclaim deed from LB Sawyer (117:60-61) from 1854. Both reference land initially owned by Eli Forbes Baker. Forbes is listed on the 1861 survey map.

The land was initially settled by their grandfather, Lemuel Baker (b.1742, d.1815), and assumed to have passed to his son Eli Forbes Baker (b.1790, d.1855) (father of all of the sons).

A deed from Lemuel Sawyer outlines a property collectively purchased by George, Forbes, Henry, and Colin Baker (also 117:61-62) of 40 acres in 1866. The Forbes family established a four-home compound in that area, a blacksmith shop, and a carriage shop run by George Lemuel Baker and his brother Henry Clay Baker. Only two homes stand today (223 and 243 Village Road).

Below is a photo of the house from the early 1900s (source: Ancestry.com).