The "Old Ark" was on the John Broomall farm in Upper Chichester, Delaware County PA. It was formerly known as the Reynolds Block House. According to the notes of Clarissa B. Miller: "Situated about fifty yards from the cross roads and twenty five feed west from the road leading From Booth's corner to Claymont, . It had the appearance of having been built at different times, enlarged parhaps as the need arose for enlarged accommodations. It consisted partly of bricks (which were made on the spot) and of logs of yellow poplar intersticed with moss. The whole was in length probably one hundred feet and the upper story projected over the lower. The first and second floors were made of oak cut in inch boards and pinned down. The garret floor was of yellow poplar and was afterwards used in the new kitchen. The bricks and some of the other wood were used in the new building and the barn. The "Ark" was so well built that the demolishing was a difficult matter, and yet the thought that it was unsafe when grandfather [John Broomall, s.o. Daniel] lived there prompted him to build the new abode." The Ark was torn down in 1816, unfortuately long befroe the advent of photography.