Existing Site Summary
Year Built:
1939 (additions in
1954 and 1961)
Building Size:
75,000 SF
Parcel Size:
10.78 acres/1 lot and
1.5 acres/1 lot
Zoning:
VC-Village Commercial District
and R2-Residential District
Land Use:
Institutional
Historic Designation:
None
Redevelopment Site Summary
Renovations:
2016–2017
New Building Size:
38,129 SF
New Parcel Size:
12.38 acres/22 Lots
New Zoning:
VC-Village Commercial District
Land Use:
Residential
Condominium Units:
30 2-bedroom condominiums,
1,081–3,541 SF
Density:
6 du/ac
Condominium Unit
Cost:
$270,000–$550,000 (2016)
Condominium
Parking:
60 spaces total, 2 spaces/unit
required
Single-Family
Residential Units:
20 3-bedroom single-family de-
tached units, 10,000–21,000
SF lots
Density:
2.66 du/ac
PERKIOMEN VALLEY
MIDDLE SCHOOL
29 East First Avenue, Trappe PA 19426
A school conversion combined with infill development.
The preservation of the Perkiomen Valley Middle School
building was a goal of the community given the building’s
historic significance. The approved redevelopment plan calls
for the conversion of the original school building into residential
condominiums and the development of twenty single-family homes
on the surrounding school property. The finished project will fit
the character of the surrounding residential neighborhood; increase
pedestrian connections to the Main Street commercial district, The
Speaker’s House, and Ursinus College; and provide unique housing
options in the heart of the borough.
N
0
500
1000
250
Commercial/
Mixed Use Institutional
Single-Family
Residential
Multifamily
Residential
1st Avenue
West Main Street
9th Avenue
3rd Avenue
Former
Perkiomen Valley
Middle School
The
Speaker’s
House
Trappe
Center
South
Elementary
School
Ursinus
College
Waterworks
Park
Preserved
Farmland
Collegeville
A valued community school
is converted from vacant
building to unique housing in
the heart of a borough.
LOCATION
