Northwest Corner of Fifth and Washington Streets
Michael Brecht, (1732-1814), the third son of an emigrant, came to Reading in January 1752, the year Berks County [...]
Southeast Corner of Fifth and Washington Streets
Around 1939 the white facade Post Office at the Southeast corner of 5th and Washington Streets was constructed. [...]
The Great Flood of 1850
Two episodes of serious flooding occurred in southeastern Pennsylvania in the summer of 1850. A tropical storm moving north [...]
Berks County Prison in City Park
Long before the construction of the Berks County prison in Bern Township a battle raged over what to do [...]
City Park Stone Heart
Where the Reading, Perkiomen and Philadelphia Turnpike (now Perkiomen Avenue) intersects Penn Street, there once stood a wall with [...]
Douglas and Weiser, Charles S. Foos School
Hardly anyone will remember the building at Douglas and Weiser Streets as the former Douglas and Weiser Junior High [...]
Origin of the Name Schuylkill
The word "Schuylkill" is of Dutch origin. History has it that the first European to voyage up the Schuylkill [...]
Rose Valley and East Reading Expansion
Many years ago the glen stretching between present day Egelman's Park and Pendora Park was given the name Rosenthal [...]
Mineral Pigments of East Reading
Neversink Mountain, and its counterpart, Mt. Penn, are composed of Hardyston quartzite which being resistant to the atmospheric agencies, [...]
Haak Farm in East Reading
A farm belonging to Michael Haak once encompassed about 229 acres in East Reading beginning at a point what [...]
Berkshire Hotel
Ground was broken for the former Berkshire Hotel, Northwest corner of Fifth and Washington Streets, Reading, PA, on the [...]
Monsignor George Bornemann
George Bornemann was born October 5, 1838, at Lingen, Province of Hanover, Germany. His father was a rope-maker; his [...]
The Old White Store and Stichter’s Hardware Store
One of the first business places in Reading was the store of Conrad Weiser at a little crossroads we [...]
Reading Girls’ High School and Architect Alexander Forbes Smith
On November 2, 1852, the City Union High School on Fourth and Court streets in Reading, Pennsylvania, opened its [...]
Kershner’s Spiked Ice Cream
Kershner's Ice Cream Parlor was the favorite stopping off place for Reading's old timers for the better part of [...]
Geology of Mount Penn South Lookout
The Mount Penn scenic lookout at the southern end of Skyline Drive in Reading is situated on some of [...]
Madison Building, Metropolitan Edison Building
The Madison building was erected between 1926 and 1927 as the Metropolitan Edison building. During the middle years of [...]
South of Penn Pool
The former South of Penn pool, at Seventh and Laurel Streets, site of an old school building, was built [...]
South Reading Market House
The South Reading Market at 548 Bingaman (southwest comer of 6th and Bingaman) was one of the city's most [...]
Washington Towers Apartment Building
Nestled in the heart of the business district is the Washington Towers apartment building. The apartment building was part [...]
Early Indian Dam at Tulpehocken Creek
The Tulpehocken Creek is the largest stream in Western Berks County. Arising from springs west of Myerstown in Lebanon [...]
