Levi Mattson House
The Levi Mattson House, also known as Federal Farms, is a large two 1/2-story rough fieldstone house built in 2 sections. The southwest section is the original house, which was built in the 18th century, and the northeast addition was built by Levi Mattson in 1803. The land consisted of an original 200-acre parcel that passed through multiple owners, including John Moore, Mathias Kerlin, Henry Oborne, William Oborne, John Hannum, and Alexander Lockhart. Documentation suggests that a British foraging party raided this farmstead, which was then owned by Alexander Lockhart, following the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777. Lockhart listed in a 1782 claim document that he lost a horse, 100 bushels of oats, two acres of turnips, two acres of potatoes, two acres of buckwheat, a gun, horse equipment, two sheep, 70 pounds worth of clothing, and provisions during this raid. Levi Mattson purchased the property in 1787, and there is documentation showing a 60 x 20-foot log house built by Henry Oborne on the property. By 1803, Levi Mattson added a new stone to the log house. There is a date stone on the west end of the house. The Mattson Family continued to own this farm for over 100 years. This property is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #83
Ralph Pyle – Evans P. Hannum House
The Ralph Pyle – E.P. Hannum House was built in the 1700s for Ralph Pyle and later rebuilt in 1820 for Evans P. Hannum. The property also consists of a barn built c. 1900 and a springhouse from the 1700s. The house is a stucco over-stone farmhouse overlooking Ward Village from a hill. Later renovations removed all of the fireplaces, but their supports can still be found in the basement. Ralph Pyle came to America in 1683. He married Eleanor Rawlings in 1699, and they are documented as living “on a farm on the left side of Concord Road, just before you come to Saint John’s Episcopal Church, in Concord Twp. Del. Co. Pa.” (The Pyle-Pile Family in America, 1642-1980). They were St. John’s Episcopal Church members despite Ralph’s brothers being devout Quakers. Evans P. Hannum acquired 72 acres of land from his father’s estate in 1816 and built the present house in 1820. Hannum, his wife Elizabeth Yeatman Gibbons, and their 11 children lived on the property. They farmed 68 acres of the land, and the farm was valued at $5,160 in 1850. The property remained with the Hannum Family until the 1890s when the Pyle Family purchased it again. The Ricciardi Family owned the farm from the 1930s until 1979. This property is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #103
James Hayward – Patrick Gamble – Minshall Sharpless House
The deeds for the land started in 1683 when 200 acres went to James Brown and then to John Simcock in 1685. Simcock sold 50 acres to James Hayward, who acquired another 50 acres from Andrew Maclure. Patrick Gamble purchased 160 acres of land from Mary Hayward in 1760. Gamble constructed a 30 x 28 foot two-story stone house on the land. After his death, his grandson Robert Gamble built a stone addition to the house in 1818. By 1850, Gamble was farming 85 acres of land, and the farm was valued at $8,190. Robert Gamble sold the property to Minshall Painter Sharpless in 1889. The house was enlarged by 30 feet during the early Sharpless ownership and again in 1906 with a third-floor addition. The Sharpless Family farmed this land over four generations. The principal crops were corn and livestock. Concord Township locals enjoyed sweet corn from George Sharpless’ farm — the last Sharpless descendant to own the property until it was sold to developers. The farm complex once included a large barn, a slaughterhouse, a spring house, a corn crib, a carriage shed, and various workshops. A modern housing development now surrounds the property. In 2008, the Sulzer-Gallagher Family completed a significant restoration of the farmhouse that included restoration of the original 1700s kitchen. There are three date stones on the house: 1818 (Robert Gamble), 1909 (Minshall Lincoln Sharpless), and 1966 (Harriet Wilson Hinkson and George Malin Sharpless). This property is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #133
John Myers House
The John Myers House is a c. 1833 stone farmhouse along Smithbridge and Temple Roads. The John Myers House sits on John Hazelgrove’s 500-acre land grant. Henry Pierce purchased 250 acres from this tract in 1707 and then passed 62 acres to his grandson William Pierce and Henry Myers. John Myers, the son of Henry Myers, built this house in 1833. A date stone on the house reads “J. & M. Myers, 1833.” The building was used as a store for some time through the 1840s. Tax records indicate John Myers was a storekeeper by trade, but his family operated a sawmill along Concord Creek and multiple other farms. In 1850, John Myers cultivated 81 of his 96 acres, and his farm was valued at $5,670. The north side of the house was added c. 1920 under Mary C. Hannum’s ownership. In 1990, the owners of the John Myers House won the Delaware County Heritage Commission’s Award for Historic Preservation. This property is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #125