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Among the oldest state facilities in the county is the
Norristown State Hospital, built in 1879. The Department
of General Services and the Department of Public Welfare
oversee the hospital; the future use(s) of this 200+ acre site
are unclear.
There are additional state owned or operated facilities in the
county, including several buildings in Evansburg State
Park—one is used as headquarters for the park and others
serve as maintenance facilities. Other state owned parks
include the Norristown Farm Park and Fort Washington
State Park.
County Facilities
The county owns buildings in several of its 62
municipalities. The Montgomery County Correctional
Facility is in Lower Providence with about 1,000 inmates.
The county’s Human Services Center, at the site of the
former Sacred Heart Hospital, primarily consists of offices
and related uses. The county purchased this building soon
after the hospital closed, but sold it in early 2014. The
county owns the office building known as One Montgomery
Plaza, which was bought in 2006 and is located across the
street from the county’s courthouse.
The courthouse was built in 1849 and has been renovated
over the years. It provides offices, courtrooms, and meeting
rooms for the county’s court system. The county also has
thirty district court offices in places like Bridgeport,
Ardmore, and Limerick. The Eastern Montgomery County
Courthouse Annex is in Willow Grove, with branch offices
of various county services. The county owns the former
county prison in Norristown, which is currently used for
storage space. Other facilities, such as the two community
college campuses, are discussed elsewhere in this
publication.
Municipal Buildings
Each municipality in the county has a building for
conducting business. Municipal buildings may include
ancillary uses such as police stations, libraries, firehouses,
public works facilities and ambulance stations—although
some of these uses may be housed in satellite locations.
Government facilities in Montgomery County include county facilities like its courthouse and Emergency Operations Center, as
well as federally-owned and operated post offices, municipal buildings, and state offices.
