High Street Historic District (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)

High Street Historic District

Hill School, High Street Historic District, March 2011
Location 631-1329 High St., Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°14′34″N 75°37′46″W / 40.24278°N 75.62944°W / 40.24278; -75.62944Coordinates: 40°14′34″N 75°37′46″W / 40.24278°N 75.62944°W / 40.24278; -75.62944
Area 37.2 acres (15.1 ha)
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne, Other, American Four Square
NRHP Reference # 91001756[1]
Added to NRHP January 28, 1992

High Street Historic District is a national historic district located in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 124 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in an upper- and middle-level residential section of Pottstown. The district includes late-19th and early-20th century mansions and stylish homes built between 1860 and 1941. They are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Queen Anne, American Foursquare, Victorian Gothic, Late Federal and Italianate. Notable non-residential buildings include a gas station (c. 1928), St. John's Reformed Church (1916), St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church (c. 1916), and Pottstown Memorial Hospital (c. 1938). It includes the separately listed Grubb Mansion.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert E. Bartmann (February–June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: High Street Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-24.


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