Existing Site Summary
Year Built:
1887
Building Size:
9,000 SF
Parcel Size:
3,400 SF/1 lot
Zoning:
TC-Town Center District
Land Use:
Institutional
Parking:
Street
Historic Designation:
Central Norristown Historic
District – National Register of
Historic Places
Redevelopment Site Summary
Renovations:
2014–ongoing
New Building Size:
9,000 SF
(basement and ground floor)
Parcel Size:
3,400 SF/1 lot
Current Zoning:
TC-Town Center District
Land Use:
Commercial
Parking:
13 spaces
Incentives:
Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG), Historic Façade
Improvement Grant
Humane Fire Engine Company No. 1
129 East Main Street, Norristown, PA 19403
A firehouse converted to retail in a village commercial district.
The innovative transformation of the Humane Fire Engine
Company No. 1 into a micro-distillery preserves a key building
along Norristown’s East Main Street. Reuse of the former fire
station was facilitated by Norristown’s desire to revitalize the
East Main Street corridor. Situated at the northwest corner of
East Main Street and Green Street, the 3-story brick building is
blocks away from historic St. John’s Episcopal Church and the
Montgomery County Courthouse and is within walking distance to
the Norristown Transportation Center and Schuylkill River Trail.
A beloved firehouse
continues to serve
Norristown as a distillery
and tasting room.
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Commercial/
Mixed Use Institutional
Single-Family
Residential
Multifamily
Residential
Norristown
Transportation
Center
Main Street
Swede Street
Lafayette Street
Green Street
Airy Street
DeKalb Street
County
Courthouse
Former
Humane
Fire
Company
Schuylkill
River
Municipal
Hall
LOCATION
