Concord Park, Pennsylvania

Concord Park is a residential neighborhood[1] in the Trevose section of Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, originally established as an intentional racially integrated community in 1954 by Morris Milgram,[2][3] a pioneering social activist and civil rights trailblazer who believed Black people should have the same access to housing as whites.[4][5][6]

Concord Park
Neighborhood
Concord Park is located in Pennsylvania
Concord Park
Concord Park
Location in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°07′52″N 74°58′33″W
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
Census-designated placeTrevose, Pennsylvania
ZIP Code
19053
First Issue of Concordance Newsletter

Concord Park Homes were "the first planned open occupancy homes for sale by a builder determined to build only integrated housing; 139 three and four-bedroom homes were sold and occupied by 55 percent white families and 45 percent Negro families."[7] Some of the early homeowners included interracial couples, communists, and other nonconformists.[8]

The community's origin and history[9] were featured at Bensalem Township's 325th anniversary[10] in 2017 at Growden Mansion and on the Mayor's Show.[11]

  • Concord Park Homes brochure
    Concord Park Homes brochure
  • Concord Park brochure community description
    Concord Park brochure community description

See also

References
  1. "Linconia-Concord Park, Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Feasterville Trevose PA 19053". www.livingplaces.com. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  2. Gelder, Lawrence Van (1997-06-26). "Morris Milgram, 81; Built Interracial Housing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  3. "Morris Milgram". Rutgers University Alumni Association. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  4. "Morris Milgram papers 2176". www2.hsp.org. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. DiGiovanni, Anthony. "LibGuides: 20th-Century Collections: Home". hsp.libguides.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  6. "Bucks County, Pennsylvania". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  7. "My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt, July 15, 1958". www2.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  8. "The Secret History of the Suburbs". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  9. "10-18 Concord Park PowerPoint_revised.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  10. "History". BENSALEM TOWNSHIP. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  11. The Mayor's Show- Concord Park, retrieved 2022-10-21
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