Orthodox Friends Meeting, and The Grange
43 Thornton Road In 1827, deep divisions over theology and policy led to a split in the Concord Friends Meeting. The faction known as the Hicksite remained in the 1728 building, and those who called themselves Orthodox moved out. The two groups continued to share the plot of land, and in 1837 the Orthodox Friends built a new meeting house a few hundred feet from the original one. In time, the two factions resolved their differences and the Orthodox returned to meet in the old meeting house. In 1920, Concord Grange #1141, part of a large national farmers‚ movement, arranged to rent the Orthodox Meetinghouse, eventually purchasing it in 1945. A local grange served many functions for the farming families who belonged. It was a cooperative purchasing agent for feed, seed and supplies, and often was a retail agent for its members. It provided social, entertainment, and cultural events, and was often the sponsor of Scout troops and 4-H Clubs. The last Grange meeting was held in the summer of 1978, and a year and a half later, Concord Township purchased the building. Today it serves as the Concord Township Senior Center. It is listed as Historic Resource #116.
Polecat Road House
194 Polecat Road This early tenant house, built prior to 1750, is on Polecat Road across from Fox Valley Lane, in the Fox Valley Development. It is a simple, small, stone structure, originally built for two families. Each side of the building has one room on the main floor, a basement, and a loft area, served by a corner stairway. Each family unit has a corner fireplace on the main floor, sharing a common chimney. The wooden partitions separating the two sides have been removed. William Trimble operated a saw mill near this house, and it probably was the home of mill workers. This house was donated to Concord Township in 1967 and restored by the Concord Township Historical Society. It is Historic Resources #141 on the Concord Township Historic Resources Inventory, protected under the Historic Preservation Ordinance.
Pierce-Willits Ice House
This Ice House was originally part of the Speakman property, where Applied Card is now. It was taken down and reassembled in the 1990s behind the Pierce-Willits house as an example of how perishable items were stored before refrigeration.
Pierce-Willits Outhouse
This two-seater Outhouse was built in the 1940s and was located on the Cloud-Vernon property, near the house that is part of the Riviera development along Concord Road. It was donated to the Society and moved here in the 1990s.