POCOPSON: An Underground Railroad station

We took advantage of the brilliant sunshine on Sunday morning and explored the walking trails at Pocopson Park off Wawaset Road, near the Route 52 roundabout. They paths are well maintained, offer nice views of the township's woods and fields and the neighboring property of the Brandywine & Red Clay Association. 
The highlight of our visit was a stop at Eusebius and Sarah Barnard's house, a station on the Underground Railroad during the slave era. (Eusebius was a founding member of Longwood Progressive Friends Meeting.) The early 19th-century fieldstone house is owned by the township. Though it's not open for tours, you can peer through the windows and see the beautiful built-in woodwork, which looks like it's still intact.
On the way home we drove north on Wawaset Road, which runs high above the Brandywine Creek. I spotted a friend's house and it took a moment for me to recognize it -- I'm used to seeing it from the other side of the creek! I never realized that Wawaset Road ends up at the Route 842 bridge, near the train tracks.

The home of Eusebius and Sarah Barnard in Pocopson Township.