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
Kaufman Small House, State Route 662 vicinity (Oley Township), Oley, B...
Significance: This an example of an early, simple Pennsylvania -German farmhouse, and part of a well-preserved group of farm buildings. Survey number: HABS PA-1046 Building/structure dates: after. 1727- befo... More
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
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
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
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 /
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 /
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
C. Hock Farmhouse, Jacksonwald, Berks County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-150 Building/structure dates: ca. 1692 Initial Construction
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Significance: An example of a Georgian style house with an unusually elaborate doorway. Survey number: HABS PA-1034 Building/structure dates: 1803 Initial Construction
Yoder Barn, (Pike Township), Lobachsville, Berks County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-1060 Building/structure dates: ca. 1829 Initial Construction
De Turck House, State Route 662 vicinity (Oley Township), Oley, Berks ...
Significance: This building is an interesting example of the small stone house built by the early settlers in this area, which usually preceded the erection of a larger house. Unprocessed Field note material ... More
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
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
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
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
Dreibelbis Station Bridge, Spanning Maiden Creek, Balthaser Road (TR 7...
Significance: Local craftsmen Simon Dreibelbis and Charles Kutz built the Dreibelbis Station Bridge in 1869. It is a 172' long, single span bridge with a double Burr-arch truss. One of only five covered bridg... More
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Reading Depot Bridge, North Sixth Str...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N640 Survey number: HAER PA-117
Konig-Speicher Farm, North side of Church Road, south of Tulpehocken C...
Significance: In this example of a Pennsylvania German farm, the ensemble of farm buildings (termed die Bauerei) is compactly sited and takes advantage of the rolling contour of the land in an aesthetically ple... 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
Birdsboro (vicinity), Berks County, Pennsylvania. Sewing machine in th...
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reading, Pennsylvania. May M. Link, working at the anvil, straightenin...
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Penn Tavern, Privy, Gruber Road & State Route 183 (Penn Townsh...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, 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
Stamm Farm, Butcher Shed, Wash House & Root Cellar, Gruber Road vicini...
See also HABS PA-266 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-266-E Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
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
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
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
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
Log Blacksmith Shop, Stonersville, Berks County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-148 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
David Schneider House, (Oley Township), Oley Line, Berks County, PA
Significance: Built in 1831, this is an example of a simple, but substantial farm house. Survey number: HABS PA-1044 Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Main House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township),...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-A Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schu...
Significance: The Peacock's Lock Viaduct, named after a nearby lock on the Schuylkill Division Canal, may be the only masonry arch bridge in the U.S. with pierced spandrels. The circular openings between arche... More
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
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
Kaufman Small House, State Route 662 vicinity (Oley Township), Oley, B...
Significance: This an example of an early, simple Pennsylvania -German farmhouse, and part of a well-preserved group of farm buildings. Survey number: HABS PA-1046 Building/structure dates: after. 1727- befo... 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
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
Stamm Farm, Summer Kitchen & Smokehouse, Gruber Road vicinity (Penn To...
See also HABS PA-266 for written historical data for this structure. Survey number: HABS PA-266-F Building/structure dates: after. 1800- before. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished
Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville...
Significance: The Lauer/Gerhard farmstead is a well-preserved example of a Pennsylvania German family farm. Its layout illustrates socio-historical continuity and spatial integrity through nearly 200 years, and... 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
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
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
Griesemer Mill Covered Bridge, 3.5 miles north of State Route 562, spa...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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