Upper Roxborough Historic District
Upper Roxborough Historic District | |
Shawmont Railroad Station (1834), Nixon Lane, Upper Roxborough Historic District, October 2010 | |
| 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) |
| 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. 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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.