Concord Park | |
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Coordinates: 40°07′52″N 74°58′33″W / 40.1312°N 74.9757°W | |
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Census-designated place | Trevose, Pennsylvania |
ZIP Code | 19053 |
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 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]