Pottsgrove Mansion

	Pottsgrove Manor
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Pennsylvania state historical marker
	Pottsgrove Manor, March 2011
Location	West of Pottstown on Benjamin Franklin Highway (High Street), Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 18, 1974
Designated PHMC	September 25, 2000

Pottsgrove Manor, also known as the John Potts House, is an historic, American home that is located in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

History and architectural features

This 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

^ ^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.

External links

"Pottsgove Manor" at Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[phmcdatabase-2] "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

[arch-3] "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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