Upper Roxborough Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Shawmont Ave., Hagy's Mill Rd., and Schuylkill R., Philadelphia and Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°03′29″N 75°15′06″W / 40.05806°N 75.25167°W |
Area | 711 acres (288 ha) |
Architect |
Frank Furness Robert Rodes McGoodwin, et al. |
Architectural style | Colonial, Greek Revival, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 01000463, 04001226 (Boundary Increase) [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 2, 2001, November 12, 2004 (Boundary Increase) |
Upper Roxborough Historic District is a national historic district located in Philadelphia and Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures in Upper Roxborough. The district includes a number of small scale farm and industrial workers' housing, estate houses, mill-owners' dwellings, and farm buildings. Notable buildings include the Shawmont Railroad Station (1834), Miquon Station (formerly Lafayette) designed by Frank Furness (1910), Riverside Paper Mills (c. 1720-1730), Hagy's Mill ruin, St. Mary's Church, and "Fairview" (c. 1856) and other buildings on the grounds of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education . [2] The Roxborough Pumping Station (c. 1860) was also part of the district, but it was demolished in 2011 after sitting abandoned for over fifty years. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]
Established in 2001, the Upper Roxborough Historic District is a United States national historic district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 23 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures in Upper Roxborough. Among those structures are a number of small scale farms, industrial worker dwellings, estate houses, and mill owner homes. Notable buildings include the: Shawmont and Miquon SEPTA stations (1834 and 1910), the latter of which was designed by Frank Furness, Riverside Paper Mills (c. 1720-1730), Hagy's Mill ruin, St. Mary's Church, and "Fairview" (c. 1856), as well as additional buildings on the grounds of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. [2] The Roxborough Pumping Station (c. 1860) was also part of the district, but it was demolished in 2011 after sitting abandoned for more than fifty years. [3]
The NRHP nomination application for the Upper Roxborough Historic District was formally reviewed by Pennsylvania's Historic Preservation Board at its March 13, 2001 meeting at 9:45 a.m. at the State Museum in Harrisburg. Also considered for NRHP status at this time were the: Protection of the Flag Monument in Athens, Pennsylvania; Normandy Farm and George K. Heller School in Montgomery County; Awbury Historic District and Harris/Laird, Schober & Company Building in Philadelphia; Michael Derstine Farmstead in Bucks County; Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District in Delaware County; John Nicholas and Elizabeth Moyer House in Berks County; William Shelly School and Annex in York County; and the Zeta Psi Fraternity House in Northampton County. [4]
The Upper Roxborough Historic District was then officially added to the National Register of Historic Places later in 2001. [1]