Old Pottstown Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Commercial and mixed-use buildings line High Street and the blocks south of it in downtown Pottstown, Montgomery County, most dating from about 1860 to the 1920s. The area adds to the older Old Pottstown Historic District, extending it south toward the main railroad line. Its most distinctive buildings include the Victorian Gothic brownstone church at 312 High Street, the Neo-Classical Revival lodge hall at 306-310 High Street, and the Mission-style commercial block at 200-204 High Street. The Goodwill Steam Engine Fire Company building at 28 South Hanover Street, dated 1875, is a surviving Italianate fire house with a green Serpentine stone facade. The basement barber shop at 20 South Hanover Street is described as the only remaining basement shop in Pottstown. Many buildings have been altered by later cladding, and some have been restored. The area is regarded as important for the local history of architecture and for the continuity of the downtown streetscape.