Sunnybrook (Lower Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania)

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Location50 Sunnybrook Rd., Lower Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°14′55″N75°36′39″W / 40.24861°N 75.61083°W / 40.24861; -75.61083 Coordinates: 40°14′55″N75°36′39″W / 40.24861°N 75.61083°W / 40.24861; -75.61083
Area13.4 acres (5.4 ha)
Built1926
ArchitectHartenstine, Raymond, Sr.
NRHP reference No. 05000855 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Estelle Cremers (April 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sunnybrook" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-24.