Historic Pottstown Walking Tour
When people learned of the railroad coming to Pottstown in the 1830's, the two rival hotel keepers, John Boyer and Joshua B. Missimer, vied for their business by building hotels on either side of the railroad tracks. Both lost out. In 1939 [sic - 1839], the railroad built a small depot just west of Missimer's Hotel. After a short time the depot became too small, so the railroad bought Missimer's Hotel for $10,000 and turned the small depot into a baggage and express office. This hotel, the first building on the site, served as Pottstown's passenger station for almost a century with but a few alterations.HM Number | HMFCK |
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Year Placed | 2002 |
Placed By | Pottstown 250th Anniversary Committee |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 2:32am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 444578 N 4455187 |
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Decimal Degrees | 40.24530000, -75.65160000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 14.718', W 75° 39.096' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 14' 43.08" N, 75° 39' 5.76" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 484, 610 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 138 E High St, Pottstown PA 19464, US |
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