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Reading Public Museum. The Reading Public Museum is a museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, located in the 18th Ward, along the Wyomissing Creek. The museum's permanent collection mainly focuses on art, science, and civilization and contains over 280,000 objects. It also has a planetarium (the Neag Planetarium) and a 25-acre (100,000 m 2) arboretum.
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42-63624. Website. www.readingpa.gov. Pennsylvania Historical Marker. Designated. 1948 [ 6 ] Reading (/ ˈrɛdɪŋ / RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania ...
Drexel, Gottlieb. Architect. Okie, Richardson Brognard. NRHP reference No. 87000797 [1] Added to NRHP. July 30, 1987. The Reading Furnace Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Warwick Township and East Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
1,752. Years active. 1922-present. The Santander Performing Arts Center (formerly known as the Rajah Theatre or Rajah Temple, and Sovereign Performing Arts Center) is a historic theatre in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the current home of the Reading Symphony Orchestra and the "Broadway on 6th St" annual series of musicals and plays.
Theophilus P. Chandler Jr. Architectural style. Late Victorian, Renaissance, Gothic Revival. NRHP reference No. 80003427 [1] Added to NRHP. April 17, 1980. Stirling is an historic, American mansion that is located at 1120 Centre Avenue in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Court Street in downtown Reading, with the Pagoda in the background. The Pagoda is 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, 50 feet (15 m) long, and 72 feet (22 m) tall. Perched on the edge of a cliff, 620 feet (190 m) above the city and 886 feet (270 m) above sea level, [3] it offers a 30-mile (48 km) panoramic view of the city and the surrounding countryside.
Designated PHMC. March 1, 1951 [2] The Skew Arch Bridge in Reading, Pennsylvania, also known as the Askew Bridge and nicknamed the Soap and Whiskey Bridge, is an historic skew arch bridge that was completed in 1857. Its design enabled it to carry two tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (P&R) at an angle over Sixth Street in Reading ...