The Thomas F. Clayton House is a Victorian farmhouse built c. 1890 on land originally owned by William Hannum. Thomas Clayton purchased 34 acres from Henry L. Paschall and Lydia Palmer in 1892. The Clayton family were early settlers of Concord and Bethel townships. The home and 34 acres of land land passed to Clark W. Baldwin in 1913, and then to Philip S. Nelson in 1934. The…

The Ellis Yarnall House was built in 1822 for Mr. Ellis Yarnall, a descendant of Dr. Peter Yarnall (Concord’s late-1700’s premier medical practitioner). Mr. Yarnall originally owned 20 acres of land along Concord Road, and his land eventually amassed to 85 acres. He was a farmer by trade, and a middle one-half percentage landowner in Concord Township (according to the 1850 census). The original home was a 2…

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…

The Lewis E. Buckley House, also known as “Stonehurst,” is a Victorian Folk Farmhouse built in 1886 in the Ward Village neighborhood of Concord Township. Lewis Buckley was a general store owner and the Ward Village postmaster in the 1890s. He lived in the house until 1901 with his wife, 3 children (including 2 twin boys born in the house in December 1888), and a schoolteacher boarder. Mr.…

The McCall – Pyle House was built c. 1814 by Thomas McCall with an addition built in 1890. The house sits on an original 500 acre land grant to Dennis Rockford from his father in law Thomas Herriot. Herriot died at sea in 1682 while aboard William Penn’s ship. Thomas McCall purchased 17 1/4 acres from John Bale, and built the front portion of the current house. Reese…

The Lewis Palmer House, once known as “Wyndblough,” sits high on a hill on the eastern end of 100 acres originally purchased by Thomas Hall from George Strode in 1686. The stucco-over-stone house was built c. 1860 by Lewis Palmer, a descendant of the original Palmer family members that settled in Delaware County in 1685. Lewis Palmer was a farmer by trade, and applied progressive agricultural techniques on…

The John Palmer – William Hannum House was built on land from an original 1688 grant from William Penn to John Palmer. John Palmer came to America from England as a “Redemptioner,” and had to pay for his passage through years of labor. The original building was constructed of fieldstone and plaster. The present-day family room contains the large cooking fireplace with the original crane. All of the…

The No. 1 Schoolhouse at 816 Baltimore Pike in Concordville Village is a Greek Revival style schoolhouse, with 2-3 one-story additions in the rear. The school features a date stone in the center of the second story and reads “Concord Public School No. 1, 1874.” The schoolhouse also boasts a large, vented cupola at the top of the roof ridge facing Baltimore Pike. This schoolhouse was built in…

The Nicholas Newlin House was built in c. 1742 by the grandson of the first Nicholas Newlin in Concord Township. Nathaniel Newlin purchased 33 acres in 1721 from Caleb Perkins, and gifted it to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, Richard Clayton. The Claytons built two stone houses. The foundation of the c.1742 Nicholas Newlin house remains from the first house, and the second house still stands on…

The Samuel Hewes House was built c. 1856 at the intersection of Concord and Thornton Roads in Concordville. It is a contributing historic resource to the National Register of Historic Place’s Concordville Historic District; listed as the “1856 Brick House” in reference to its datestone. Samuel Hewes was the original owner, who was a hatter, farmer, and landlord. He owned 76 acres of land according to the 1850…