Pottsgrove Manor, also known as the John Potts House, is an historic, American home that is located in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Pottsgrove Manor | |
 Pottsgrove Manor, March 2011 | |
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| Location | West of Pottstown on Benjamin Franklin Highway (High Street), Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°14′52″N 75°39′35″W / 40.24778°N 75.65972°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1752 |
| Architectural style | Early Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001796[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 18, 1974 |
| Designated PHMC | September 25, 2000[2] |
Located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
History and architectural features
editThis historic structure was built in 1752 by John Potts, and is a large two-story, rectangular, sandstone and fieldstone building that was designed in the Georgian style. It has a five-bay front facade, a gable roof, and a center hall plan. The service wing was added between 1790 and 1805, and the rebuilt east wing was added between 1941 and 1952 during a restoration.
It is open to the public as an eighteenth-century historic house museum and is owned by Montgomery County.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1] It is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Charles W. Snell (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pottsgrove Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved April 21, 2012.
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