Sellers Hall

Sellers Hall, the 7^th oldest building in Pennsylvania, was completed in 1684. Samuel Sellers, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1682, was an expert at making and weaving wire.  His mills on Cobbs Creek in Upper Darby became famous for inventions and innovations that would lead to the creation of Pennsylvania textile and paper making industries and later the fire-engine and locomotive making industries.

Descendants used Sellers Hall’s farm and outbuildings as a stop on the Underground Railroad, clandestinely coordinating passage through the Concord Quarterly Meeting, and other meetings in Concord and Darby. Historians describe as many as thirty persons hid in the spacious Sellers Barns, where they were cared for by George Sellers and his family before moving the along in small squads to their next place of refuge.

Friends of Sellers Hall began the restoration of the site in 2010 and in 2016 acquired the property which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.  Photo credit:  Facebook/WMG Historic Restoration LLC

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Special thanks to Keith Lockhart, Bob Seeley, Bill McDevitt, Harold Finnegan, Tom Smith, Karen Micha, Kate Clifford, Susan Mescanti, Carol Fireng, Leslie Potter, and Laurie Grant for sharing their knowledge, documents, articles, maps and photos with Visit Delco, PA.  Laurie Grant, Executive Director of the Delaware County Historical Society invites those seeking more information to visit their website. “Since 1895 DCHS remains true to its mission of Collecting, Protecting, and Preserving Delco history and tradition,” Laurie notes, “we also have a Museum Gallery, Research Library and Children’s Education Center.”