Roughly bounded by Penn St., RR tracks, Fourth Ave., and Wheatland St., Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Chester.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 17, 1987. NRIS 87000378.
908 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
The Phoenixville Historic District is a national historic district located at Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The district consists of the older part of Phoenixville, especially the former Phoenix Iron Works site and its employee and owner housing.
At the time of nomination (c. 1987), the district contained 908 contributing buildings, 52 non-contributing buildings and one contributing structure (bridge). The district is "roughly bounded by Penn St., RR tracks, Fourth Ave., and Wheatland St." This historic district is the largest in Chester County.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997578