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Pottstown's growing importance as a regional manufacturing center prompted the Reading Co. to upgrade its facilities here in the 1920's. On the 26th of December in 1924, the Reading Co. revealed plans for the construction of a new $1,000,000 passe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFR5_first-iron-bridge_Pottstown-PA.html
The first iron truss bridge in the U.S. was built in 1845 in the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad blacksmith shop, just south of here. It was designed for the railroad in 1844 by Richard B. Osborne.
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Local residents have long admired this beautiful mansion built in 1888 by Jacob Fegely, which since 1913 has served as the home of the B.P.O.E. Pottstown Lodge No. 814. This was not the first mansion on the site, however. The original structure be…
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Founded in 1851 by the Rev. Matthew Meigs, The Hill School originally was known as the "Family Boarding School" and housed in an elegant estate formerly owned by Pottstown's N.P. Hobart. It was the first school in the country where students lived …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFEL_pottstown-war-memorial_Pottstown-PA.html
In proud remembranceof Pottstown heroes whogave their lives in the GreatWorld War for freedomjustice and humanity
World War II Dec 7, 1941 - Sept 2, 1945
In grateful tribute tothose of this communitywho gave their livesfor our country
Kor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFEJ_annie-wittenmyer_Pottstown-PA.html
Past National President,Woman's Relief CorpsAuxiliary to theGrand Army of the RepublicDied February 2, 1900Erected by theWoman's Relief Corpsin loving memory of herservice on battle-fieldsand in hospitalsduring the Civil War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFD0_pottstown-historical-society_Pottstown-PA.html
Since 1936, the Historical Society has dedicated itself to promoting interest in the historic background of Pottstown and to preserving materials which illustrate that history. In 2000, the Historical Society continued its commitment to historic p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFCY_the-grubb-mansion_Pottstown-PA.html
The Grubb Mansion, located at 1304 High Street, is a Queen Anne Victorian built in 1906 by William I. Grubb. Mr. Grubb began his career as a slater and a carpenter. In 1893, at the age of 37, he formed a bicycle manufacturing company in a small sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFCN_the-pottstown-news_Pottstown-PA.html
In 1887, P. Elwood Baum purchased the newspaper that would eventually become the present day Mercury. At that time, Baum renamed The Chronicle, located at 18 1/2 N. Hanover St., The Pottstown Daily News. After Baum's death in 1892, Thomas Taylor t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFCK_reading-passenger-station_Pottstown-PA.html
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 - …