George W. Hill Correctional Facility

High Hill Farm, also known as Connemara Farm, is an historic farm complex which is located in Thornton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 by John and Ethel Giblin.

The Thompson Cottage, also known as the James Marshall Cottage, is an historic, American tenant farmer's house that is located in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1977.

The Newlin Mill Complex, also referred to as The Newlin Grist Mill, is a water-powered gristmill on the west branch of Chester Creek near Concordville, Pennsylvania built in 1704 by Nathaniel and Mary Newlin and operated commercially until 1941. During its three centuries of operation, the mill has been known as the Lower Mill, the Markham Mill, the Seventeen-O-Four Mill and the Concord Flour Mill. In 1958 the mill property was bought by E. Mortimer Newlin, restored and given to the Nicholas Newlin Foundation to use as a historical park. Water power is still used to grind corn meal which is sold on site. The park includes five historical buildings, which were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and 150 acres (61 ha) of natural woodland.

Thornton is an unincorporated community spanning Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The George W. Hill Correctional Facility, located in the townships of Thornbury and Concord, has a Thornton postal address.

Concordville Historic District is a national historic district located at Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district includes six contributing buildings in Concordville. Four of the buildings are the Newlin Tenant House, Concord Orthodox Meeting, Samuel Trimble House, and 1856 Brick House. The two remaining buildings are separately listed on the National Register; the Concord Friends Meetinghouse and Nicholas Newlin House.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

The Nicholas Newlin House was built in 1742 in Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania by Nicholas Newlin. Located roughly a mile west of the Newlin Mill Complex, it is located in the Concordville Historic District.This house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Concord Friends Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Old Concord Road in Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The meeting was first organized sometime before 1697, as the sixth Quaker meeting in what was then Chester County. In 1697 the meeting leased its current location for "one peppercorn yearly forever" from John Mendenhall. A log structure was built in 1710. The current brick edifice structure was built in 1728. After a fire which completely destroyed the interior, the meetinghouse was rebuilt and enlarged in 1788. During the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, which was fought a few miles to the west, wounded American soldiers took refuge in the meetinghouse.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is located in the Concordville Historic District.

The Thornton Village Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Situated in the crossroads at the intersection of Glen Mills and Thornton Roads in the village of Thornton, this district includes thirteen contributing buildings that were built between 1750 and 1855, some of which were created in the Federal style. Among its structures, most of which face Glen Mills Road, are the Yellow House, one commercial building, seven residences, a converted blacksmith shop, a converted barn, three stables or carriage houses, and two frame sheds.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

The Glen Mills Schools was a youth detention center for juvenile delinquents located near Glen Mills in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, for boys between 12 and 21 years of age. The school was founded in 1826 and was the oldest surviving school of its type in the United States until all residents were ordered removed on March 25, 2019, by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. The school's licenses were subsequently revoked for not complying with the state's Human Services Code and regulations.Previously, Glen Mills had been lauded as a "pathbreaking concept for modernizing failing reform schools in the United States". The St. Petersburg Times in 1996 called it "the country's most radical and, some say, its most effective answer yet to juvenile crime". and the New York Times praised its "culture that encourages self-discipline and a sense of mutual respect and responsibility". Juvenile courts in other states, such as California and Texas, along with various Pennsylvania jurisdictions, sent boys adjudged delinquent to Glen Mills Schools. Even troubled boys from other countries, such as Bermuda and Germany, were also sent there. Bermuda's Department of Child and Family Services, for example, sent boys to Glen Mills for more than 35 years between 1982–2017, paying almost $1.6 million to the school between 2001 and 2019. On the school's 125th Anniversary, it described itself as having "500 court-adjudicated male youth on an open residential campus, providing students with academics, vocational programs, character and leadership skill development, behavior services, athletics and recreation".The school denied allegations of mistreatment and appealed the revocation of its licenses to the Pennsylvania DHS Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, but settled a class action lawsuit in 2023.

Handwrought, also known as Thomas Marshall House, is a historic home located at Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1805, and is a two- to three-story Eastern Pennsylvania Bank House. It is built of random fieldstone and has two entrances. Heat, electronic, and water were installed in the house after 1947.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

WZZE was an American Top 40 (CHR) radio station, which was located in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. The station was broadcast via a transmitter located in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. WZZE featured a variety of disc jockeys who all had various shifts at the station itself. The station ceased broadcasting in 2014 but did not inform the Federal Communications Commission of this until June 28, 2019, at which point its license was canceled on July 2, 2019.

Covenant Fellowship Church is a 1500+ member non-denominational "Reformed charismatic" church in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. The senior pastor is Jared Mellinger, who has led the church since 2008. Covenant Fellowship Church was established in 1984 as a "church plant" from Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Covenant Fellowship Church is a part of the family of churches called Sovereign Grace Churches. Covenant Fellowship Church began when 12 adults and their families moved from Maryland to the Philadelphia area. The church meetings were held in the Robert C. Gauntlett Community Center in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania from 1984 to 1999. In September 1999, the church moved to a newly constructed building in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Covenant Fellowship Church is located on Fellowship Drive in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. They currently hold one Sunday service at 10 a.m. Sunday services are also streamed live online at covfel.org/live. The service is translated into Spanish and ASL. The church is affiliated with Sovereign Grace Ministries. Covenant Fellowship Church's other pastors are Mark Prater, Jim Donohue, Andy Farmer, Marty Machowski, Rob Flood, Jared Torrence, Bill Patton, Leo Parris and Joseph Stigora. The previous senior pastor was Dave Harvey, who led the church as senior pastor from 1990 until 2008. In 1998, Dennis Kowal Architects of Somerville, New Jersey was hired to design a permanent home which conveyed the concept of "refuge" using local materials, a welcoming footprint and a joyful, expansive interior.