Concord Friends Meetinghouse Explained

Concord Friends Meetinghouse
Location:Old Concord Rd., Concordville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.8853°N -75.5203°W
Built:1728
Added:June 17, 1977
Refnum:77001164

Concord Friends Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Old Concord Road in Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The meeting was first organized sometime before 1697, as the sixth Quaker meeting in what was then Chester County. In 1697 the meeting leased its current location for "one peppercorn yearly forever" from John Mendenhall.[1] A log structure was built in 1710. The current brick edifice structure was built in 1728. After a fire which completely destroyed the interior, the meetinghouse was rebuilt and enlarged in 1788.[2] During the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, which was fought a few miles to the west, wounded American soldiers took refuge in the meetinghouse.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is located in the Concordville Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ashmeade. Henry Graham. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. 1884. L.H. Everts & Co.. Philadelphia. 484. 7 June 2017.
  2. Book: Jordan. John W.. A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. 1912. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. New York. 396. 21 June 2017.
  3. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-01-06. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000723_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Concord Friends Meetinghouse]. 2012-01-02. Natural & Historic Resource Associates. PDF. May 1971.