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Our Heritage
Concord
Woods sits on a parcel of land that's use as a farm dates
back to the early development of our country, and was part of
the original 200 acres that was granted to
Nathaniel Parks by
William Penn in 1684.
Daily reminders of our heritage are the Nicklin-Trimble House on
Huntingdon Farm Drive, built in 1720 by
Joseph Nicklin, and the
adjacent home that around 1998 was converted from a barn, which
was built
in 1880 by
Samuel Trimble, to the current residence.
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1720 Nicklin-Trimble House |
1880 Samuel Trimble Barn
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The farm included 104 acres from about 1772 until sold for
development in 1996. For part of the period, the farm was called
"Huntingdon Farm". For more information on these properties,
click here
for the Nicklin-Trimble
House, or for the
converted
Samuel Trimble barn, click here.
We have acquired some old photo's of a family from the era that
the farm was active. We are trying to get more information concerning the
photo's (family name, year, etc) and will add whatever
information becomes available.
Click here to view photo's.
You can learn more about the history of Concord Township
and Delaware county by
clicking here for informative links.
Ryan Homes Develops Concord Woods
As noted in the above "Heritage" section, the land that included
the property once known as "Huntingdon Farm", including
both homes pictured above, was sold for development in 1996.
Extensive "earth moving" and "site development" went on for at
least 18 months before home construction began, and probably
continued for two years in total, with first homes being
occupied in approximately late 1997.
The Concord Woods Sales Office (a temporary sales trailer)
opened on March 8, 1997, and sold out Section 1 of the
Development (approximately 1st 31 homes closest to Cheyney Road)
within 4 hrs of opening at 11am, and before the site preparation
was even complete or a home built. Concord Woods was the 1st new
development in the area for many years, and the new construction
plus the Garnet Valley School District was a big attraction!
Ryan offered seven models for sale, each with a variety of
"Elevations", and links that follow will take you to the artwork
from the original sales brochures:
Pictured below are two pictures, both from approximately the top
of the hill on Huntingdon Farm Drive, looking toward Big Woods
drive, during and after construction:
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March 2009 |
The site was developed by Ryan in three phases.
Site Plan 1 shows the first two phases of development while
Site Plan 2 shows the last areas developed.
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Concord Woods Development - Concord Township -
Delaware County - Glen Mills, Pa
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