Sunnybrook | |
Sunnybrook, March 2011 | |
Location | 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Lower Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°14′55″N75°36′39″W / 40.24861°N 75.61083°W Coordinates: 40°14′55″N75°36′39″W / 40.24861°N 75.61083°W |
Area | 13.4 acres (5.4 ha) |
Built | 1926 |
Architect | Hartenstine, Raymond, Sr. |
NRHP reference No. | 05000855 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 11, 2005 |
Sunnybrook, also known as the Sunnybrook Park & Ballroom, Sunnybrook Convention Center: Colonial Restaurant, is a historic ballroom and restaurant located at Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1931 and expanded in 1937, and is a 26,000 square foot, one-story utilitarian frame building with exaggerated ceiling heights under various roof angles and heights. It was expanded again in 1964 with the addition of the Colonial Restaurant and in 1998 with a brewery/pub. Also on the property is a contributing two-story, frame bath house built in 1926. The buildings are part of the Sunnybrook Picnic Park complex. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
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