The Pennock E. Sharpless House is a Queen Anne Victorian mansion in the Ward Village neighborhood in Concord Township. Built in 1890, the house was home to Mr. Pennock E. Sharpless and his wife, Anne Phebe Bishop. P.E. Sharpless was the owner of the P.E. Sharpless Company — which had a creamery situated across Concord Road from this house — and was responsible for producing the ever-so popular Philadelphia cream cheese, among other various dairy products. The Sharpless Company was one of 5 commercial creameries in the United States to produce cream cheese during the turn of the 20th century. Mr. Sharpless sold his creamery to Kraft Company in 1924, and continued to live in this home until his death. The Pennock E. Sharpless House has been restored in recent years, with restoration work still ongoing. The P.E. Sharpless House won a 2023 Heritage Commission of Delaware County Preservation Award.
We also have a P.E. Sharpless special exhibit at the Pierce-Willits House & Museum on display!
Concord Township Historic Resource #108.
