High Street Historic District (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)

High Street Historic District
Hill School, High Street Historic District, March 2011
High Street Historic District (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
High Street Historic District (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
High Street Historic District (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
High Street Historic District (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
Location631–1329 High St.,
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°14′34″N 75°37′46″W / 40.24278°N 75.62944°W / 40.24278; -75.62944
Area37.2 acres (15.1 ha)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne, American Four Square
NRHP reference No.91001756[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1992

The High Street Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

The High Street Historic District encompasses one hundred and twenty-four contributing buildings and one contributing structure in an upper- and middle-level residential section of Pottstown. This district includes late-19th and early-20th century mansions and stylish homes that were built between 1860 and 1941.[2]

These structures were designed in a variety of popular architectural styles including Queen Anne, American Foursquare, Victorian Gothic, Late Federal and Italianate.[2]

Notable non-residential buildings include a gas station, which was erected sometime around 1928, St. John's Reformed Church, which was built in 1916, St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was also built sometime around 1916, and the Pottstown Memorial Hospital, which was erected circa 1938.[2]

This district also includes the separately listed Grubb Mansion.[2]

This historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012. Note: This includes Robert E. Bartmann (February–June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: High Street Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 24, 2012.