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Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Berks County, Pennsylvania Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 01, 1861  (Invitation)
Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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 Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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 Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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 Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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

Exeter Friends Meeting House, State Route 662 (Exeter Township), Stonersville, Berks County, PA

Exeter Friends Meeting House, State Route 662 (Exeter Township), Stone...

Significance: The Exeter Friends Meeting House is a good example of the small stone meeting house built by Quakers in Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this st... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Skew Arch Bridge, North Sixth Street at Woodward Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

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

Dundore Farm, House, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, House, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount P...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-152, FN-153 Survey number: HABS PA-261-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 I... More

Konig-Speicher Farm, Outdoor Bake Oven, Church Road (North Heidelberg Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Konig-Speicher Farm, Outdoor Bake Oven, Church Road (North Heidelberg ...

See also HABS PA-258 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-258-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1825 Initial Construction

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Wagon House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Wagon House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township)...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-D Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1900 Initial Construction

Berks County, Pennsylvania, Chapter wants you to take a second look at this picture. It looks like an ordinary float, but it is something more than that, the difference being that every person on the float has been the recipient of some form of Red Cross service. It was featured in a recent parade in Reading, Pa

Berks County, Pennsylvania, Chapter wants you to take a second look at...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Atlantic Division. Classification: Parades. Gift; American National Red Cross 194... More

Barn, Oley Pike vicinity, Reading, Berks County, PA

Barn, Oley Pike vicinity, Reading, Berks County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5262 Public domain photograph of a farm barn, granary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barto, Berks County, Pennsylvania. August 1938. Mrs. Thomas Evans' preserves in the cellar on the farm of Thomas Evans, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) client

Barto, Berks County, Pennsylvania. August 1938. Mrs. Thomas Evans' pre...

Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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

The Rennas Hotel, 403 Penn Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

The Rennas Hotel, 403 Penn Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

Significance: The original use seems to have been for a dwelling. Survey number: HABS PA-5148 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1950- before. 1960 Subseque... More

William Bird Mansion, Mill & Main Streets, Birdsboro, Berks County, PA

William Bird Mansion, Mill & Main Streets, Birdsboro, Berks County, PA

Significance: A large Georgian house built by an early English ironmaster who founded the town of Birdsboro. Survey number: HABS PA-1024 Building/structure dates: 1751 Initial Construction Building/structur... More

Joseph Conrad Farm, House, State Route 83 & Bright School Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

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 Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

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

Brown House, U.S. Route 422 vicinity (Marion Township), Womelsdorf, Berks County, PA

Brown House, U.S. Route 422 vicinity (Marion Township), Womelsdorf, Be...

Significance: This large house has unusual elaborate detail and shows an early use of certain classic revival proportions and motifs. Survey number: HABS PA-1049 Building/structure dates: 1819 Initial Construction

Charming Forge, Ironmaster's House, Tulpehocken Creek (Marion Township), Womelsdorf, Berks County, PA

Charming Forge, Ironmaster's House, Tulpehocken Creek (Marion Township...

Significance: The Iron Master's house at Charming Forge was the residence of "Baron" Stiegel and later of George Ege, and is an example of a large eighteenth century Georgian mansion. Survey number: HABS PA-1... More

Le Van Mill, Kutztown Road vicinity, Kutztown, Berks County, PA

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

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

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Yellow House Hotel, State Routes 662 & 562, Yellow House, Berks County, PA

Yellow House Hotel, State Routes 662 & 562, Yellow House, Berks County...

Significance: This building is an example of the small country hotel found in most crossroads communities in the Schuylkill Valley. Survey number: HABS PA-1035 Building/structure dates: after. 1802- before. ... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Stamm Farm, Chicken & Brooder Houses, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Stamm Farm, Chicken & Brooder Houses, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Towns...

See also HABS PA-266 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-266-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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 Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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 Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

Spang House, 3 miles North of State Route 562, West side of Manatawny Creek (Spangsville, Oley Township), Yellow House, Berks County, PA

Spang House, 3 miles North of State Route 562, West side of Manatawny ...

Significance: A good example of a rural Pennsylvania German version of a late eighteenth century Georgian home. Survey number: HABS PA-1033 Building/structure dates: 1795 Initial Construction Building/struc... More

Yoder Stone Cabin, (Pike Township), Lobachsville, Berks County, PA

Yoder Stone Cabin, (Pike Township), Lobachsville, Berks County, PA

Significance: An example of one type of early stone house built by the settlers of the Oley Valley. Survey number: HABS PA-1040 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Barto, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans, clients of the FSA (Farm Security Administration), threshing in the barn of their farm

Barto, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans, clients ...

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

Reading, Pennsylvania. Virginia Fisher, twenty-one, and Edith McDonald, twenty-two, unloading boxes from a freight car

Reading, Pennsylvania. Virginia Fisher, twenty-one, and Edith McDonald...

Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reading, Pennsylvania. Virginia Fisher, twenty-one, and Edith McDonald, twenty-two, unloading boxes from a freight car

Reading, Pennsylvania. Virginia Fisher, twenty-one, and Edith McDonald...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Small House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Small House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township)...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-B Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

The Rennas Hotel, 403 Penn Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

The Rennas Hotel, 403 Penn Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

Significance: The original use seems to have been for a dwelling. Survey number: HABS PA-5148 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1950- before. 1960 Subseque... More

William Penn Tavern, Gruber Road & State Route 183 (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

William Penn Tavern, Gruber Road & State Route 183 (Penn Township), Mo...

See also HAER PA-14 for additional documentation. The Tulpehocken Creek Survey was undertaken in compliance with Executive Order 11593 as a mitigative effort in the construction of Blue Marsh Lake in cooperatio... More

Konig-Speicher Farm, Barn, Church Road (North Heidelberg Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

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

Mill Tract Farm, Mill Road (Exeter Township), Stonersville, Berks County, PA

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

Dundore Farm, Springhouse, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Dundore Farm, Springhouse, State Route 183 vicinity (Penn Township), M...

See also HABS PA-261 for written historical data for this structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-154, FN-155 Survey number: HABS PA-261-H Building/structure dates: 1842 Initi... More

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Reber Farm, House, Gruber Road vicinity (Bern Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Reber Farm, House, Gruber Road vicinity (Bern Township), Mount Pleasan...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-167 Survey number: HABS PA-256-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1834 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1965 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Conversation with 73 year old female, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania (Transcript)

Conversation with 73 year old female, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania (Transcr...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Bucknell University. Lewisburg, PA 73 year old female living in Fleetwood, PA, Berks County (near Reading, PA). Native speaker of Pennsylvania German,... More

Conversation with 73 year old female, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania (Transcript)

Conversation with 73 year old female, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania (Transcr...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Bucknell University. Lewisburg, PA 73 year old female living in Fleetwood, PA, Berks County (near Reading, PA). Native speaker of Pennsylvania German,... More

Stamm Farm, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

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

Gruber Wagon Works, Pennsylvania Route 183 & State Hill Road at Red Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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 Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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 Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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 Bridge Park, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, Berks County, PA

Conrad's Warehouse, Between Locks 38 & 39 on Union Canal, Bernville, B...

Significance: This modest building is a rare survival of the canal era. It reflects the economic impact of the Union Canal. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER... More

Hunter House, 2 miles North of Yellow House, east of State Route 662  (Oley Township), Yellow House, Berks County, PA

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

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

Decorated Barn, State Route 73 (Colebrookdale Township), Gabelsville, Berks County, PA

Decorated Barn, State Route 73 (Colebrookdale Township), Gabelsville, ...

Survey number: HABS PA-5264 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birdsboro (vicinity), Berks County, Pennsylvania. North end of the barn which is used as a chicken house on the farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client Dallas E. Glass

Birdsboro (vicinity), Berks County, Pennsylvania. North end of the bar...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Evans, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, waiting for dinner. Barto, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Thomas Evans, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, waiting for...

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

William Penn Tavern, Smokehouse, Gruber Road & State Route 183 (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

William Penn Tavern, Smokehouse, Gruber Road & State Route 183 (Penn T...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Jun 1896. 3 Sheet(s). Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Maul Stone Barn (1791), (Oley Township), General Lesher's grave vicinity, Oley, Berks County, PA

Maul Stone Barn (1791), (Oley Township), General Lesher's grave vicini...

Survey number: HABS PA-5280 Building/structure dates: 1791 Initial Construction

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Jun 1896. 3 Sheet(s). Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1887. 48 Sheet(s). Bound. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance... More

Mill Tract Farm, Mill Road (Exeter Township), Stonersville, Berks County, PA

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

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Reading main line at Walnut Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

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

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Penna. : from official records and actual surveys /

Property and insurance atlas of the city of Reading, Berks County, Pen...

Cadastral map showing streets, lot numbers, commercial properties, landowners' names, buildings, and geographical features. "Forsey Breou, C.E. ... W.A. McDonald, asst. surveyor." "Entered according to Act of C... More

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