Hitchcock worked on the railroad for a number of years, and in 1857 moved to Owosso, Michigan and opened a drugstore.

Hitchcock also acted as the city's first postmaster and Clare County's first treasurer, and established sawmills in the area.

[2] After living in the area for some time, George Hitchcock and his wife Martha hired the Detroit firm of Mason & Rice to design this house; construction was completed in 1885.

The George and Martha Hitchcock House is a two-story asymmetrical wood-framed Queen Anne structure clad with clapboards.

The attic has a pedimented gable over the three left bays with an elaborate molded lintel.