The Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society is proud to display a solid bronze plaque recognizing the Sanatoga Union Sunday School’s inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The plaque was made possible through a generous grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation of Syracuse, New York. The foundation supports smaller historical organizations and helps communities recognize and celebrate historically…
A new American flag is now flying proudly at the Sanatoga Union Sunday School. When the chapel’s previous flag needed to be replaced, Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society member and Post Publications Managing Editor Joe Zlomek generously offered to purchase a new flag from the Sanatoga Veterans of Foreign Wars. Billy Worrell, adjutant of the Sanatoga-Pottstown VFW, then helped raise…
The Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society welcomed local students to the Sanatoga Union Sunday School as part of a Student Service Project led by Student Advisor Lisa Smoyer. The partnership was created to give students meaningful opportunities to help preserve Lower Pottsgrove’s history while learning more about their community. Students received an introduction to local history and learned about the…
The demolition of the houses at the corner of East High Street and South Pleasantview Road marked an important change to a familiar Lower Pottsgrove Township location. The properties were removed as part of plans to construct a new Lower Pottsgrove Township municipal building. The Township had outgrown its former facility at Buchert Road and North Pleasantview Road and…
Local resident Ralph Moser donated a handcrafted model of an A&P Market Wagon to the Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society’s museum collection. The A&P Market Wagon—representing The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company—joined a collection of 23 carefully constructed model wagons donated by Ralph. Two of the models also serve as nightlights. Before motor vehicles became common, wagons were essential…
A 1934 commencement program belonging to Lewis Babel Sr. has been added to the Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society’s collection. Township Fire Marshal Lew Babel donated the program after it was discovered inside an old desk at the Township Building. Although the document had sustained some damage, the Historical Society was able to restore and preserve it. Historic school programs…
The Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society preserves a significant collection of historic tax records associated with Wilson D. Puhl. Tax records can provide valuable information about residents, properties, businesses, land ownership, and changes within a community. These documents may be helpful to genealogists, property researchers, local historians, and others exploring Lower Pottsgrove’s past. The collection was also featured through the…