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Norristown resident urges preservation and adaptive reuse of Montgomery County Prison; board to forward ideas to county
Summary
Resident Cynthia Culbreath presented a written proposal to preserve and adaptively reuse the 1851 Montgomery County Prison in Norristown, suggesting a prison museum, heritage center and arts spaces; board members said the county owns the site and that plans hinge on a hazardous-materials grant decision.
Cynthia Culbreath, a Norristown resident, presented a written visionary proposal asking HARP members to consider preserving and adaptively reusing the Montgomery County Prison on East Erie Street.
Culbreath described the 1851 building (attributed in her presentation to architect Napoleon LeBrun) as a candidate for reuse as a prison museum, a Norristown Heritage Center, exhibition and arts space, seasonal guided tours and related cultural programming. "It presents a rare and valuable opportunity for Norristown to transform a deteriorating landmark into a vibrant…
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