The James Marshall House was built c. 1740-1775 as an early 3 story Pennsylvania farm bank house built along the mill race of Concord Mill. The house is comprised of stone and logs.
James Marshall sold the property to Nathan Sharpless in 1804. The Sharpless Family then sold the property to Thomas Thompson, a free Black man, in 1847.
The James Marshall House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is described in its registration as “an excellent example of 18th century homestead and is one of very few completely unaltered 18th century log cabins extant in Southeastern Pennsylvania.”
The property sat vacant for a decade in the 1970s, but was saved by the Harry family. Much of the house was dilapidated, but was painstakingly restored by the Harrys. They also added a period-appropriate addition copied from the 1722 Mendehnall-Peeling house.
This property is a private residence and not open to the public.
Concord Township Historic Resource #194
