5-7 Hickok Place was originally built between 1862 and 1669 as one of two brick, out buildings for the house of H.P. Hickok (1), form whom the street is named. One building was demolished to allow for the creation of Hickok Place, before 1890. The other small building was sold in the late 1890s, when the large home, facing Pearl Street, was also sold and converted into a sanitarium. Mrs. Ester Muir lived and ran a boarding house here from 1898 until 1908. Other early residents of the apartment building include Mr. George Russell and Mrs. T.A. Powell (2).

This brick building, originally only one-story, had a second floor added between 1894 and 1900 and was divided into four apartments (3). The second-story, Queen Anne addition features two, two-story, projecting bay windows and a mansard roof, which greatly disguise the original structure. The house remains divided into four apartments.

(1) 1869 and 1862 Maps of Burlington.
(2) Burlington City Directories.
(3) Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1894 and 1900.