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
| |
Show map of Pennsylvania
Show map of the United States | |
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 / 40.24778; -75.65972 |
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]
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.