Daniel Pyle House
The Daniel Pyle House was built c. 1790 as a log structure on a 200-acre land grant originally deeded to George Lea by William Penn in 1702. According to the 1798 Glass Tax, Pyle paid 200 pounds of taxes for the 22’ x 16’ log house and a stone smokehouse. The log section of the house on the left contains a wooden date marker for Daniel and Prudence Pyle, 1790, but the property is mentioned on an earlier deed from 1789. The stone side of the house was built in 1803 by Dutton and Margaret Pyle. The front of the home was originally on the opposite side, as the farm lane came off Naaman’s Creek Road instead of Pyle Road. The Pyle Family were farmers and quite active in Concord Township’s local life. They were Quakers by faith and members of the Concord Friends Meeting. They tended to their farm for close to 200 years. The home stayed with the Pyle family until 1985. Various outbuildings also comprised the property: a corncrib, chicken house, a garage, and ruins of a large barn that burned in the 1970s. This property is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #5
Mathias Kerlin — Thomas Hatton — P.E. Sharpless House
This stucco over brick house was originally built c. 1713 by Mathias Kerlin on the western end of the 1682 George Thompson 200 acre land grant. Additions were added to the property in 1787 and 1905. Mathias Kerlin was a tavern owner and one of the earliest settlers in Concord Township. He obtained a tavern license in 1722, and operated his tavern near the intersection of Concord Road and Featherbed Lane. The Hannum Family owned the property and farm from 1761 to 1787, and then again in 1855. The Hatton Family owned the property from 1787 to 1813. The Hatton Family are early settlers in Concord Township and owned several farms. The west end of the land tract contained a branch of Green’s Creek, and they operated a small cotton mill on this farm in the early 1800s. The Johnson and Thomas families owned the property in the later 1800s. The Sharpless Family owned the property from 1893 to 1906. Pennock E. Sharpless gutted the house during his ownership. He removed all corner fireplaces, and added a large pegged barn to the property in 1905 as a supplemental building for his creamery business. The previous barn burned down, and Mr. Sharpless hired Amish builders to construct the new pegged barn. The P.E. Sharpless Company operated a creamery in Ward that produced cream cheese, and was later sold to Kraft in 1924. The Merion Family purchased the property in 1906 from P.E. Sharpless, owned it until 1963 when the Cambridge Downs development was built. This property is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #70
Moses Palmer — William Hannum House
The Moses Palmer — William Hannum house was built c. 1775 by Moses Palmer on the 200 acre John Hubbert-William Oborne land tract. Moses Palmer owned 86 acres of land that was bisected by Concord Road, and built the house on the east side of the road. He farmed 50 acres of land across the street on the west side of Concord Road. The property stayed within the Palmer family until 1844 when William Hannum III purchased it. The Delaware County Republican described the property in 1844 as containing the mansion house, two large barns, tenant houses, two spring houses, “over excellent” springs of water, two thriving apple orchards and one peach orchard. Hannum added the front mansard roof section. The property stayed within the Hannum family until the 1930s. Memoirs from Anna P. Hannum, William P. Hannum, and Joshua Eyre Hannum contain stories of time spent at the farm. The Hannums referred to the farm as “Overfield.” The Peters and McClaskey families owned the farm subsequently. This property is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #95
John Hart House
The John Hart House is a frame Victorian home in Ward Village built c. 1890 for John H. Hart. It is made up of a fieldstone foundation, and originally had a fishscale slate and tin roof. The property at one time contained mushroom houses, a corn crib, and shed. The property still contains some original flooring and beams. John Hart was a blacksmith, and conducted business in the Ward mill complex in the late 1800s. He employed one person for 10 hours a day for only 50 days a year. He produced $1,000 worth of goods a year in 1880. He was one of only five blacksmiths in Concord Township in the late 1800s. The house was owned by the Fiore and Zaber families in the later 1900s. This house is a private residence and not open to the public. Concord Township Historic Resource #104