The famous Road to Nowhere existed for years as a tiny bit of four-lane highway connecting two rural roads. Located east of Tulpehocken Creek and west of Bernville Road, for a number of years, a small segment of this highway went absolutely nowhere. [...]
The Prince Historic District was established on May 5, 1982. The backbone of this neighborhood is South Sixth Street (originally called Prince Street). The District extends along South Sixth Street from Cherry Street south to Canal Street and branches out for about a [...]
The handsome Staufer Building, located at the Northwest corner of Sixth and Franklin Streets, was erected by William M. Staufer in 1897 as a building for offices, apartments and an assembly hall. Many civic groups met here, including - at the turn of [...]
The roads that wind around Mount Penn to the Pagoda are lined with a stone wall that was built from 1932 to 1934. The original building of the wall was funded and constructed by the Federal government under the Administration of President Franklin [...]
Dr. Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, Albright president, explained to City Council at its committee whole meeting Monday, March 22, about the renovations coming to the former Camp Hosiery building.The 1928-building next to Shirk Stadium will become the home to the school’s Science Research Institute and [...]
On the morning of July 5, 1904, 200 children waited in the hot morning sun outside the gates of the large yard of what dad been “House of the Good Shepherd” at 4th and Pine Streets. Finally, at 8:30, the gates were opened [...]
Of the legends that abound on behalf of Reading perhaps the most famous one of all is attached to the green years in which Tom Hannahoe served in the dual capacity of Irishtown’s Mayor and as the proprietor of the famous Stars and [...]
In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration began the construction of an amphitheater on Mt. Penn. The theater, of stone and mason work, is located on List Road, near the present Camps Lily but it has since been overgrown. Below: Approximate location of [...]
The northwest corner property at Sixth and Penn Streets of former Outlot No. 8 of the original town plan of Reading was originally sold by the Penns in 1749 to John Epler. Two years later John’s brother Adam was listed as owner. In [...]
The Tulpehocken Creek Valley Parkway is a long linear park situated along the Tulpehocken Creek. This parkway along the stream incorporates several area parks including Stonecliffe, The Leisure Area, Gring’s Mill, Red Bridge Park, and The Heritage Center. Each park is distinct with [...]
