Concord Chapel

The Concord Chapel Animal Hospital at the corner of 665 and Hoover Rd resembles a church and there’s good reason…it once was. Concord Chapel’s congregation, once a Methodist Episcopal Church, dates to 1847 and was built at a cost of $1,800, according to the files of the Southwest Franklin County Historical Society. That makes it one of the oldest organized churches in Jackson Township. In the early 1800s, the church had a “pew board” that separated seating inside the church requiring men to sit on one side and women and children on the other. It was also common to have two entrances, one for men and another for women but that might not have been the case at Concord. Sometime around 1907, members of the church purchase their first bell which remained in the steeple until 1990 when it was removed because of safety concerns. Martin Addy provided the equipment to remove the bell assisted by Rick Weber and Jeff Wellman. It has since been moved to a permanent site at Century Village.