The Concord School House is a historic one-room schoolhouse in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Built in 1775 by Jacob Knorr (or Knor), Concord was the first English-language school in Germantown, which was then a separate town about six miles northwest of Philadelphia.

The building retains its original bell and belfry, schoolmaster's desk, books, and even a stool and dunce cap.

Seven stairs ascend from the street leading to the school which is on the same level as the Upper Burial Ground.

[2] At a meeting on March 24, 1775, the residents of the upper part of Germantown decided that the Union School was too far for their children to travel, and they needed a schoolhouse of their own.

[3] Instruction in Germantown schools at this period was not based on religion but concentrated more on reading, writing, spelling, and arithmetic.

[4] The school's record book covers the founding through the early twentieth century and is held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

"[6] The site beside the Upper Burial Ground was chosen, construction began, and in October 1775, the Concord School was nearly completed and opened.

[6] The school was supported by subscription and neighbors contributed to the fund, allowing any family that could afford the fee to enroll its children (around $2 per quarter, plus .25 for spelling books), including families of African descent who rented the school house in the 1850s.

[7][2] In 1889 the first floor housed a private school run by Miss Annie McMurtrie and the room of Mrs. Diilon, the janitor.

An alternate theory is that its foundations were built at the time of the first shot of the American Revolution fired in Concord, Massachusetts.