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Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the incorporation as a borough in 1815. In 1888, the limits of the borough were considerably extended.
The Old Pottstown Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary increase in 1991.
The Mercury is the smallest circulation newspaper in the U.S. to have its staffers win two Pulitzer Prizes. In 1979, staff photographer Thomas J. Kelly III won in the Spot News Photography category.
John Potts (c. 1710 – 6 June 1768) [1] was the founder of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. [2] He was also an ironmaster, merchant, and English Quaker. Early life.
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]
The station was built in 1928 as a train station for the Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981. [5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984, as the Reading Railroad Pottstown Station, and is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, close to the Schuylkill River Trail.
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Coventry Mall (also known as The Shoppes at Coventry) is a shopping mall in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania (Pottstown, Pennsylvania), located at the interchange of Route 100 and Route 724. The mall is anchored by Boscov's , Kohl's , and Gabe's .