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Queen Anne Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
04001227

Year built
  
1900

Area
  
65 ha

Added to NRHP
  
12 November 2004

Queen Anne Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Robeson St., North Third St., RR Tracks and Clinton St., Reading, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne, Gothic Revival

Queen Anne Historic District is a national historic district located in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses 2,405 contributing buildings in Reading built between about 1880 and 1925. The district consists primarily of semi-detached houses and rowhouses, with a few stone church buildings and small commercial buildings. Most of the buildings are constructed of brick and reflective of Late Victorian and early 20th-century architectural styles. The churches are St. Mary's Episcopal Church (1904) and Wesley United Methodist Church (1922). Located in the district and separately listed are the Charles S. Foos Elementary School and former Meinig Glove Factory-E. Richard Meinig Co.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

References

Queen Anne Historic District Wikipedia