It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary increase in 1991.

[1] This district encompasses 956 contributing buildings and one contributing site that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Pottstown.

It features a variety of residential buildings, such as workers' home and residences of prominent and wealthy citizens that were designed in a variety of architectural styles, including Late Victorian, Gothic Revival, and Federal.

Also located in the district is the Searles Memorial Methodist Church (1911), which was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston (1866–1940).

[2] This district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, with a boundary increase in 1991.