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The Reading Public Library is located in Reading, Massachusetts. Previously known as the Highland School, the two-story brick-and-concrete Renaissance Revival building was designed by architect Horace G. Wadlin and built in 1896–97. The building served the town's public school needs until 1981. It is the town's most architecturally ...
84002819 [1] Added to NRHP. July 19, 1984. The Rev. Peter Sanborn House is a historic house at 55 Lowell Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The -story Federal style wood-frame house was built c. 1812 by Reverent Peter Sanborn, minister of the Third Parish Church and a significant community leader. It was purchased from Sanborn's estate in 1860 ...
Democratic. Residence. Fall River, Massachusetts. Alma mater. Bridgewater State College. Boston College. Joan M. Menard (born September 6, 1935 in New York City) is a retired American politician who also served as the vice president for work force development, lifelong learning, grant development and external affairs at Bristol Community College.
MPS. Reading MRA (AD) NRHP reference No. 75000286 [1] Added to NRHP. August 19, 1975. The Parker Tavern is a historic house museum in Reading, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1694, it is the oldest extant structure in Reading. [2] The saltbox was built by Abraham Bryant, a farmer and blacksmith, and Ephraim Parker operated a tavern on ...
Reading, Massachusetts. / 42.52556°N 71.09583°W / 42.52556; -71.09583. Reading ( / ˈrɛdɪŋ / ⓘ RED-ing) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, 16 miles (26 km) north of central Boston. The population was 25,518 at the 2020 census.
85000548 [1] Added to NRHP. February 1, 1985. The Common Historic District is a historic district encompassing the civic and institutional heart of Reading, Massachusetts. The district is centered on the town common, at the intersection of Main and Salem Streets. The common has been communally owned since at least 1737, with the original ...
84002471 [1] Added to NRHP. July 19, 1984. The Samuel Bancroft House is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. With an estimated construction date of 1748, it is one of the town's older surviving houses, and one of a small number from the late colonial period. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The Parker Tavern, built by Abraham Bryant in 1694, is the oldest surviving building in Reading. It was later owned and operated by Ephraim Parker, who was the great-grandson of Thomas Parker. The tavern is now a museum. Parker was a selectman of Reading and was appointed a judicial commissioner. [11] He owned 200 acres of land on the north ...