Log House, Host Road vicinity (North Heidelberg Township), Bernville, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-255 Building/structure dates: after. 1800- before. 1900 Initial Construction
Barto, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Barn on the farm of Thomas G. Evans...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Barto, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Thomas Evans with her jellies ...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Women workers on the Reading Railroad
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stone Barn, Pleasant Valley, Berks County, PA
Public domain photograph of a farm barn, granary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reber Farm, Barn, Gruber Road vicinity (Bern Township), Mount Pleasant...
Survey number: HABS PA-256-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Joseph Conrad Farm, House, State Route 83 & Bright School Road (Penn T...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-174, FN-175 Survey number: HABS PA-260-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Wo... More
Joseph Conrad Farm, House, State Route 83 & Bright School Road (Penn T...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-174, FN-175 Survey number: HABS PA-260-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1815 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Wo... More
Konig-Speicher Farm, Log House, Church Road (North Heidelberg Township...
See also HABS PA-258 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-258-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
Bertolet-Herbein Cabin, Oley Line (Oley Township), Oley Line, Berks Co...
Significance: This building is one of the few surviving examples of a simple and picturesque type of home built by the first settlers in the Pennsylvania-German country. It is in imminent danger of demolition. ... More
Bertolet-Herbein Cabin, Oley Line (Oley Township), Oley Line, Berks Co...
Significance: This building is one of the few surviving examples of a simple and picturesque type of home built by the first settlers in the Pennsylvania-German country. It is in imminent danger of demolition. ... More
Konig-Speicher Farm, Barn, Church Road (North Heidelberg Township), Mo...
See also HABS PA-258 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-258-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
Keim Barn, (Pike Township), Lobachsville, Berks County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1182 Public domain photograph of a farm barn, granary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reading News Building, 22-24 North Fifth Street, Reading, Berks County...
Written data includes floor plans. Significance: The City of Reading has witnessed the appearance and disappearance of numerous newspapers since the origin of the town's existence. The Reading News was establis... More
Reber Farm, Canal Store, Gruber Road vicinity (Bern Township), Mount P...
Survey number: HABS PA-256-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Eliza Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...
Significance: This nineteenth-century brick residence maintains the traditional Pennsylvania German, three-room layout, complete with two identical front entry doors placed side by side. Unprocessed Field not... More
Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Cover...
Significance: One of five remaining covered wooden bridges in Berks County, the bridge is a contributing resource in the Oley Township Historic District. It is distinctive for its two-phase construction: an arc... More
Mill Tract Farm, Mill Road (Exeter Township), Stonersville, Berks Coun...
Significance: Excellent example of a large farmhouse of the mid-eighteenth century, showing the architectural influence of the English settlers in Pennsylvania. Survey number: HABS PA-1037 Building/structure... More
Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...
Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...
Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
South Bernville Hotel, Bernville-Robesonia & Host Roads vicinity (Jeff...
Significance: This structure is a good example of a provincial hotel built in conjunction with the Union Canal, which operated from 1828 to 1884. Built ca. 1858, the hotel is composed along Italianate lines, ye... More
Stamm Farm, Barn, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant...
See also HABS PA-266 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-266-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Henry Fisher House, State Route 622 (Oley Township), Yellow House, Ber...
Significance: The Henry Fisher house is generally acknowledged to be the finest example of the Georgian house in Berks County. Survey number: HABS PA-1027 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction
Six Penny Bridge, Spanning Sixpenny Creek, Monocacy, Berks County, PA
Significance: Six Penny Bridge is an intact example of an early twentieth century reinforced concrete arch bridge built by the Ferro Concrete Company of Philadelphia, an agent for Daniel B. Luten's patented des... More
Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA
Significance: This handsome masonry building, minus its 1946 frame addition, is highly typical of canal-related mils in the region. Although it clearly reflects its proximity to the Union Canal, it occupied th... More
Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA
Significance: This handsome masonry building, minus its 1946 frame addition, is highly typical of canal-related mils in the region. Although it clearly reflects its proximity to the Union Canal, it occupied th... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...
Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More
Isaac Stamm House, Gruber Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...
Significance: This is a good example of the Pennsylvania German adaptation of a highly ornamented, Italianate dwelling house design. The building is brick and decorated with the full regalia of mid-Victorian br... More
Hunter House, 2 miles North of Yellow House, east of State Route 662 ...
Significance: An example of a Georgian style house with an unusually elaborate doorway. Survey number: HABS PA-1034 Building/structure dates: 1803 Initial Construction
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Skew Arch Bridge, North Sixth Street ...
See also HABS PA-1025 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-117 for additional documentation. Significance: This structure's three spans are extremely rare examples of true skew a... More
Joseph Conrad Farm, Pig House, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (P...
Survey number: HABS PA-260-C Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Kaufman House, State Route 662 vicinity (Oley Township), Oley, Berks C...
Significance: The buildings on the Kaufman farm are the finest complete known example of a Pennsylvania-German farm group in the Oley valley. Survey number: HABS PA-1042 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 In... More
Keim Stone Cabin, (Pike Township), Lobachsville, Berks County, PA
Significance: A fine example of an early German stone house of the two-room and central-chimney plan. Survey number: HABS PA-1041 Building/structure dates: after. 1706- before. 1732 Initial Construction
George Stoudt House, Eight Cornered House Road (Penn Township), Mount ...
Significance: This structure is an excellent example of the octagon craze which swept American building in the middle of the nineteenth century. It is particularly notable for being the midst of a Pennsylvania ... More
Dundore Farm, State Route 183 & Church Road vicinity, Penn Township (...
Significance: This is a good example of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German family farm. Although once very prosperous, the farm failed to adjust to agricultural modernization in the late nineteenth and ea... More
401 Penn Street (House), Reading, Berks County, PA
Significance: This structure was constructed at two different times. The rear section was built first, probably late 19th century and has 6 bays facing on N. 4th Street. The corner building which has four bays ... More
Dundore Farm, Granary, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount...
See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-156 Survey number: HABS PA-261-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial C... More
Union Canal Locks, Bernville, Berks County, PA
Significance: The ruins of these locks document 19th-century canal technology, and illustrate the importance of water transportation in the first half of the century. Although the Union Canal failed to become ... More
Union Canal Locks, Bernville, Berks County, PA
Significance: The ruins of these locks document 19th-century canal technology, and illustrate the importance of water transportation in the first half of the century. Although the Union Canal failed to become ... More
Barn, State Route 100 vicinity, Yellow House, Berks County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5263 Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Guy Hoffman Farm, Original Farmhouse, Oley, Berks County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5266-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Barto, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Threshing on the farm of Thomas G. ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less
Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bi...
Significance: Rush's Mill Bridge is one of a small number of composite cast- and wrought-iron bridges yet remaining in the U.S. It is also one of the few existing examples employing the Howe-truss form in whic... More
Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bi...
Significance: Rush's Mill Bridge is one of a small number of composite cast- and wrought-iron bridges yet remaining in the U.S. It is also one of the few existing examples employing the Howe-truss form in whic... More
Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...
Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More
Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...
Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More
Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...
Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More
Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & Nor...
Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7... More
Reber Farm, Barn, Gruber Road vicinity (Bern Township), Mount Pleasant...
Survey number: HABS PA-256-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Bertolet-Herbein Cabin, Oley Line (Oley Township), Oley Line, Berks Co...
Significance: This building is one of the few surviving examples of a simple and picturesque type of home built by the first settlers in the Pennsylvania-German country. It is in imminent danger of demolition. ... More
Bertolet-Herbein Cabin, Oley Line (Oley Township), Oley Line, Berks Co...
Significance: This building is one of the few surviving examples of a simple and picturesque type of home built by the first settlers in the Pennsylvania-German country. It is in imminent danger of demolition. ... More
Bertolet-Herbein Cabin, Oley Line (Oley Township), Oley Line, Berks Co...
Significance: This building is one of the few surviving examples of a simple and picturesque type of home built by the first settlers in the Pennsylvania-German country. It is in imminent danger of demolition. ... More
Knabb-Bieber Mill, Monocacy Creek (Oley Township), Oley, Berks County,...
Significance: A good example of a large stone mill with two fine doorways. Survey number: HABS PA-1031 Building/structure dates: 1809 Initial Construction
Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...
See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More
Dundore Farm, Corn Crib & Wagon Shed, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn T...
See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-159 Survey number: HABS PA-261-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial C... More
Mill Tract Farm, Mill Road (Exeter Township), Stonersville, Berks Coun...
Significance: Excellent example of a large farmhouse of the mid-eighteenth century, showing the architectural influence of the English settlers in Pennsylvania. Survey number: HABS PA-1037 Building/structure... More
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Reading Depot, North Sixth Street at ...
See also HAER PA-120 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Survey number: HAER PA-121 Building/structure dates: 1873- 1874 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1897 Subs... More
Le Van Mill, Kutztown Road vicinity, Kutztown, Berks County, PA
Significance: Important example of one of the early grist mills in central Pennsylvania. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-116 Survey number: HABS PA-1030 Building/structure dates... More
Le Van Mill, Kutztown Road vicinity, Kutztown, Berks County, PA
Significance: Important example of one of the early grist mills in central Pennsylvania. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-116 Survey number: HABS PA-1030 Building/structure dates... More
Joseph Conrad Farm, Barn, State Route 183 & Bright School Road (Penn T...
Survey number: HABS PA-260-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Readin...
Survey number: HAER PA-119 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Daniel Boone Birthplace, State Route 422 vicinity (Exeter Township), B...
Significance: A well-preserved and restored home of the pioneer Boone family, exemplifying the English influence in the early architecture of the Schuylkill Valley. Unprocessed Field note material exists for ... More
Kaufman Barns, State Route 662 vicinity (Oley Township), Oley, Berks C...
Significance: These two well preserved barns are part of a group of buildings comprising a typical Pennsylvania-German farm. Survey number: HABS PA-1059 Building/structure dates: after. 1727- before. 1834 In... More
Stamm Farm, House, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasan...
See also HABS PA-266 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-266-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1750- ca. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Subsequen... More
Dundore Farm, Smokehouse, State Route 183 vicinty (Penn Township), Mou...
See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-157 Survey number: HABS PA-261-G Building/structure dates: after. 1800- befor... More
Henry Fisher House, State Route 622 (Oley Township), Yellow House, Ber...
Significance: The Henry Fisher house is generally acknowledged to be the finest example of the Georgian house in Berks County. Survey number: HABS PA-1027 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, Foot of...
See also HAER PA-121 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's pedestrian suspension bridge was typical of short spans produced by the John A. Roebling... More
Stamm Farm, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berk...
Significance: This is a good example of a once-prosperous Pennsylvania German family farm that failed to adjust completely to the modernization process that occurred in American agriculture in the late nineteen... More
Dundore Farm, Barn, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pl...
See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-158 Survey number: HABS PA-261-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1788 Initial C... More
Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA
Significance: This handsome masonry building, minus its 1946 frame addition, is highly typical of canal-related mils in the region. Although it clearly reflects its proximity to the Union Canal, it occupied th... More
Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA
Significance: This handsome masonry building, minus its 1946 frame addition, is highly typical of canal-related mils in the region. Although it clearly reflects its proximity to the Union Canal, it occupied th... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Br...
Significance: It is an extremely well preserved example of factory built and operated as a family business. It retains an enormous number of wood working machines that are all still located in their original lo... More