The Phoenixville Historic District is a national historic district located at Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district consists of the older part of Phoenixville, especially the former Phoenix Iron Works site and its employee and owner housing.
Phoenixville Historic District | |
 The center of the Phoenixville Historic District, looking southwest across the Phoenix Iron Works site and French Creek | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Penn St., RR tracks, Fourth Ave., and Wheatland St., Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°08′00″N 75°31′00″W / 40.13333°N 75.51667°W |
| Area | 296.9 acres (120.2 ha) |
| Built | 1765 |
| Architect | Grover, T.D.; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Greek Revival, Second Empire |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000378[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 17, 1987 |
At the time of nomination (c. 1987), the district contained 908 contributing building, 52 non-contributing buildings and one contributing structure (bridge). The district is "roughly bounded by Penn St., RR tracks, Fourth Ave., and Wheatland St."[2] This historic district is the largest in Chester County.
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved November 2, 2012. Note: This includes Jane L.S. Davidson and William Sisson (1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Phoenixville Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved November 3, 2012.