Pottsgrove Manor
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Gosffo
N 40° 14.873 W 075° 39.597
18T E 443870 N 4455479
Founder of Pottstown.
Waymark Code: WM10ZJ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/09/2006
Views: 43
Marker Text:
Built in 1752 by John Potts, Ironmaster & founder of Pottstown. The manor was located at the center of a 1,000 acre plantation that included the town, an iron forge, gristmills, and other businesses by 1762. The town was incorporated 1815 as the borough of Pottstown.
Pottsgrove Manor was the home of John Potts.
What a busy man! He was an ironmaster, merchant, founder of Pottstown, English Quaker, Justice of the Peace, judge and father of 13 children!
Marker Name: Pottsgrove Manor
County: Montgomery
Date Dedicated: 09/25/2000
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: At site, 100 W. King St. , Pottstown
Category: Business & Industry, Buildings, Iron, Mansions & Manors
Website: [Web Link]
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