Thomas F. Clayton House
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 Jacono family purchased the property in 1979, and then sold it to the Oddey family in 1996. The property also contains a large stone and frame barn. This property is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #78
Ellis P. Yarnall House
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 story stone farmhouse with 4 corner fireplaces. Additions were completed in 1860, 1890, and 1998. The house passed through various descendants of the Yarnall Family until the early 1900s, including the Delaware County treasurer W.P. Yarnall. The house was then sold to the M.A. Kelly Family, with Mr. Kelly serving as the Ward Postmaster and the Concordville Station railroad agent for many years. Mrs. Kelly was a charter member of the Concord Women’s Christian Temperance Movement, often hosting meetings at their home. The house has been lovingly cared for throughout its existence, and has a large amount of historical integrity. The current owners, the Little Family, have painstakingly restored many aspects of the home, such as the original fireplaces to working order. An interesting note: the location of the main door has changed many times throughout the years and additions. The current entrance to the home that faces Concord Road is not original to the home, and is suspected of being added during the 1860 addition. Seeing as the home was built in 1822, the Ellis Yarnall House recently celebrated its 200th Anniversary! The Ellis P. Yarnall House won a 2024 Delaware County Heritage Commission Preservation Award. Concord Township Historic Resource #112
Pennock E. Sharpless House
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.
Lewis E. Buckley House
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. Buckley sold the home in 1901 to the Bishop family, headed by Mr. Jehu D. Bishop. Mr. Bishop was the brother-in-law to Pennock E. Sharpless, proprietor of the P.E. Sharpless Company, and Mr. Bishop was the foreman at the Sharpless plant in Ward. According to the verbal account of Mr. Bishop’s eldest daughter, Jehu was credited with bringing a man from Europe after the Spanish-American War that showed the P.E. Sharpless Company how to make cream cheese. Mr. Bishop also had a small mushroom growing company in the back of the property for a few years before he sold it to Jacob Styer in 1913. The Bishop Family were the longest residents at the property, and affectionately named the home “Stonehurst”after it’s distinct limestone foundation and first floor exterior walls. The home still contains many original elements, including original inlaid oak floors, stained glass transom windows, a decorated fireplace mantel, and an ornate hand-carved wooden staircase. Concord Township Historic Inventory Resource #107