West Norristown Historic District


West Norristown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Houses in the West Norristown Historic District, November 2011
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Location	Roughly bounded by Stoney Creek, Selma and Elm Sts., Norristown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°07′18″N 75°21′09″W / 40.12167°N 75.35250°W / 40.12167; -75.35250Coordinates: 40°07′18″N 75°21′09″W / 40.12167°N 75.35250°W / 40.12167; -75.35250
Area	220 acres (89 ha)
Built	1850
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	84000323^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 23, 1984

West Norristown Historic District is a national historic district located in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses approximately 1,700 buildings in a primarily residential neighborhood in the West End of Norristown. The housing predominantly consists of rowhouses with a large number of semi-detached houses. The area was developed between 1885 and 1925 and the houses are in a variety of popular late-19th and early-20th-century architectural styles.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Ray Ott; Martha Wolf & Richard Webster (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: West Norristown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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