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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.
Sep. 2—A seven-story Japanese-style temple protrudes from Mount Penn and overlooks the city of Reading, offering views of Berks County and all the way to Pottstown in neighboring Montgomery County.
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 ...
Founded in 1869, the Historical Society of Berks County (HSBC) operates the Berks History Center as a museum and library located in Reading, Pennsylvania.The Society's mission, as described on its website, is "to focus attention on the unique local history, the vast material culture, and the diverse cultural heritage of Berks County by preserving, archiving, and promoting this material to ...
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.
A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist, but sometimes Taoist, and were often located in or near viharas. The pagoda traces its origins to the stupa, while its ...
Website. www.readingsd.org /Domain /26. Reading Senior High School, colloquially known as The Castle on The Hill, is a 9–12 public high school in Reading, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1927 and is part of the Reading School District. With an enrollment of 5,213 as of the 2022-23 school year, it is the largest traditional high school in ...
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.