The Crucial Role of Berks County’s Germans in the American Revolution
When chronicling the American Revolution, the narrative often centers on the English-speaking patriots of Boston and Philadelphia. However, a [...]
George Washington slept here in 1794
President George Washington was once the city’s guest, on October 1, 1794, when he came here from Philadelphia and [...]
Model Cities Program
The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The concept [...]
Hamburg, Pennsylvania
The Borough of Hamburg, located in the northeastern section of Berks County, is sixteen miles north of Reading. The [...]
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
Birdsboro owes its origin to pioneer William Bird who here established the first iron works in this section and [...]
Boy Scouts of America – The Reading and Reading-Berks County Councils
The Reading Council, which would in time become the Daniel Boone Council, was established in March 1916, when Woodrow [...]
Old Ironsides
This famous locomotive was the first built by Matthias W. Baldwin, founder of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It was [...]
Temple, PA – Muhlenberg Township
Crossroads attract settlers, and five miles northeast of Reading five roads intersected: roads to Reading, to Kutztown, to Friedensberg, [...]
Cherokee Ranch, Temple, PA
After World War II, GI’s came home to a dire housing shortage; little had been built during the years [...]
St. Lawrence Dairy and Luncheonette
St. Lawrence Luncheonette was a large and popular eatery that once hosted customers at 535 Penn Street. It was [...]
Laureldale, Pennsylvania
The roots of Laureldale go back to the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1902 Edward Lauter purchased part [...]
Trexler Mansion – Elks Lodge – 46 South Fifth Street
The Horatio Trexler Mansion was built in 1869 in the French Second Empire style. The French Second Empire manner strove [...]
Eleventh and Pike Playground
Eleventh and Pike Playground was purchased from George D. Horst in 1928 for $100,000. Prior to the purchase, the [...]
Centre Park Historic District
This Centre Park Historic District is located to the south of Charles Evans Cemetery, between Centre Avenue and North [...]
Ricktown Historic District
Generally situated to the south of the Lebanon Valley Railroad between Schuylkill Avenue and North Second Street, the Ricktown [...]
The Road to Nowhere: A Highway’s Journey to Somewhere
For decades, locals and visitors alike marveled—or rather chuckled—at the so-called “Road to Nowhere,” a rare breed of Pennsylvania [...]
The Prince Historic District
The Prince Historic District was established on May 5, 1982. The backbone of this neighborhood is South Sixth Street [...]
The Staufer Building
The handsome Staufer Building, located at the Northwest corner of Sixth and Franklin Streets, was erected by William M. [...]
Building of Skyline Drive Wall a WPA Project
The roads that wind around Mount Penn to the Pagoda are lined with a stone wall that was built [...]
Former Camp Hosiery building to become the home to Albright College’s Science Research Institute
Dr. Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, Albright president, explained to City Council at its committee whole meeting Monday, March 22, about the [...]
Readings First Playground
On the morning of July 5, 1904, 200 children waited in the hot morning sun outside the gates of [...]
