Montgomery County · Worcester · MCPC #26-0127-001
Myers Legacy Museum
1805 Berks Rd, Worcester, PA · 11,884 sq ft non-residential, institutional · 32.69 acres
About this project
An 11,884 square-foot equipment museum is planned for development on Berks Road in Worcester Township on a 5-acre portion of a larger corporate property. The facility will include a covered porch, outdoor terrace, landscaped grounds, and 45 parking spaces.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: driveway access classification, cross access easement documentation, tree survey for planting compliance
- Applicant
- A. Ross Myers
- Engineer / rep.
- Howell Engineering
- Zoning
- AGR
- Approvals needed
- special exception, variance
- Utilities
- public water, private septic
Filing history
- 2026-05-11 · MCPC #26-0127-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 11,884 sq ft
County review letters
2026-05-11 · WORCE 26-0127-001r.pdf
The full picture AI research · Nov 1, 2026
The Myers Legacy Museum is a proposed private museum at 1805 Berks Road in Worcester Township, Montgomery County. It would show the history of construction equipment. Township listings say it would also be used for employee training. County records describe an 11,884-square-foot building with a covered porch, an outdoor terrace, landscaped grounds and 45 parking spaces.
The museum would sit on about 5 acres of a larger corporate property. The whole property is about 32.7 acres. The land is part of an existing company site.
The township lists the plan as land development application LD 2026-02. The plan is for a combined preliminary and final review. Township planning commission records from June 2026 show the review comments from outside agencies were resolved. The applicant had agreed to comply with the remaining comments. No news coverage or organized opposition was found.
What it could mean nearby
- The museum is described as private and partly for employee training, so it may draw fewer daily visitors than a public attraction. No traffic study was found.
- The plan includes 45 parking spaces, which suggests parking would be handled on site.
- The building would occupy about 5 acres of a 32.7-acre property, so most of the land would stay undeveloped. No new homes are proposed.
- The records do not mention school impacts or the number of jobs.
Where it stands
The plan was before the Worcester Township Planning Commission in June 2026, and the latest county filing is dated 2026-05-11. The sources found do not confirm a final approval. The township supervisors normally take the final vote after the planning commission's review.
- Jun 25, 2026 Planning commission agenda included the museum's land development plan (LD 2026-02).
- May 11, 2026 Latest county planning filing.
Want to weigh in? The Worcester Township Board of Supervisors decides, and residents can comment at its public meetings or by contacting the township. Planning commission meetings are also open to the public.
Who's behind it
Allen Myers Corporation (property owner listed as A. Ross Myers; engineer Howell Engineering) · The applicant is a company that owns the property, and the museum would cover construction equipment history. Its other projects were not researched.
Around the web
- Eye on DevelopmentWorcester TownshipLists the Myers Legacy Museum as LD 2026-02, a museum on construction equipment history that would also host employee training.
- Agenda 6/25/26 (revised)Worcester Township · Jun 25, 2026Shows the museum plan was on the planning commission's agenda in June 2026.
Planning terms explained
- Land development
- The township's formal review of a plan to build on a site, covering things like parking, drainage and landscaping.
- Waiver
- A request to be excused from a specific township rule. Here it covers drainage pipe size.
- Preliminary/Final plan
- A combined review in which the township considers the early and final versions of a plan together.
- Institutional use
- A land use category that includes museums, schools and similar facilities, as opposed to homes or stores.
Researched by AI from public sources on Nov 1, 2026. It can make mistakes, so check the linked sources and the municipality before relying on it.
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $4.2M
- ~59 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~29 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~5.0 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Subsurface stormwater infiltration with detention basin connection
- Private sewer lateral to existing septic field
- Covered porch and outdoor terrace
- Landscaping with tree survey