
Concord Park is a residential neighborhood in the
Trevose section of
Bensalem Township
Bensalem Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township borders the Northeast Philadelphia, northeastern section of Philadelphia and includes the communities of Andalusia, Pennsylvania ...
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Bucks County
Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. The county is named after the English ...
,
Pennsylvania
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, originally established as an intentional racially integrated community in 1954 by
Morris Milgram, a pioneering social activist and civil rights trailblazer who believed Black people should have the same access to housing as whites.
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." Some of the early homeowners included interracial couples, communists, and other nonconformists.
The community's origin and history were featured at Bensalem Township's 325th anniversary in 2017 at
Growden Mansion
Growdon Mansion, also known as Trevose Manor, is a local historical landmark in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It played an important role in early Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County history. The mansion sits along the Ne ...
and on the Mayor's Show.
Gallery
File:Concord Park Community of Harmony Welcome Brochure.png, Concord Park Homes brochure
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File:ConcordParkBrochureChildren.png, Concord Park brochure community description
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See also
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Greenbelt Knoll
References
Further reading
* {{cite book , last=Kolson Hurley , first=Amanda , title=Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City , publisher=Belt Publishing , year=2019 , isbn=978-1948742368 - case studies of six unusual suburbs
1954 establishments in the United States
Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania
Populated places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Quakerism in Pennsylvania
Socialism in Pennsylvania
Communism in the United States