The first Concord Meeting House was a log building constructed in 1800, the first house of worship in Belmont County, Ohio. Little is known of its appearance. It is known to have had a brick chimney; a fragment of the chimney is located in the Short Creek (Harrisville) Meeting House. The history of Belmont County reports that George Smith (who was over six feet tall) often bumped his head on the ceiling in the meeting room.
The meeting was located on the farm of Borden Stanton. Concord MM directed the trustees to secure a deed on 11/26/1812; it was signed on 3/2/1813 and recorded in Belmont County Deed Book D-400. The property was located in the northeast corner of Section 7, Colerain Township.
The meeting house burned just prior to Concord MM on 1/20/1814, and in the following year the meeting built a new meeting house in a different location. The trustees sold the land to James Steer, who owned the surrounding farm, in 1819 (deed G-493).
The burial ground is not readily accessible; the public road formerly accessing the site has been closed.
Sources: Concord MM minutes, deed |
