Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground

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Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground

Established in 1693, the Upper Burying Ground is one of the oldest in the Philadelphia region.

The Concord School House, built in 1775, is an intact nineteenth-century schoolroom which occupies a corner of the Burying Ground.

07/03/2024

July 4 at Concord in Historic Germantown, Noon-4pm. Join us for Freedom Sounds:
-Noon-3pm: Papermaking workshop with Cassandra Gunkel
-2pm:Bell-ringing ceremony at 2pm, followed by Grounded Theatre Company performers Dameisha Jackson and Maurice Tucker as Frederick Douglass
-Solo jazz piano performance by Fahrad Austin of Settlement Music School, Germantown. All events free to all. More info: https://www.concordschoolhouse.org/events/july-4-2024

06/15/2024

Come and see the next performance from Grounded Theatre Company at 1:30pm today. Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival

03/22/2024

Do you want to learn more about researching people buried in historic cemeteries? Check out this event offered by the Free Library of Philadelphia Newspapers & Microfilm Center in collaboration with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, April 3, at 6 PM.

Get beyond Find A Grave and make sure you’re covering all the bases when looking for burial records for your ancestors.

Address

6309 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
19144

Website

https://www.concordschoolhouse.org/

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