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Reading Knitting Mills

Coordinates: 40°20′23″N 75°55′49″W / 40.33972°N 75.93028°W / 40.33972; -75.93028
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Reading Knitting Mills
Reading Knitting Mills, March 2011
Reading Knitting Mills is located in Pennsylvania
Reading Knitting Mills
Reading Knitting Mills is located in the United States
Reading Knitting Mills
Location350 Elm St., Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°20′23″N 75°55′49″W / 40.33972°N 75.93028°W / 40.33972; -75.93028
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1891, 1898, c. 1920
Built byBeard, George W.
ArchitectLevi H. Focht
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.82003762[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The Reading Knitting Mills is an historic, American factory building that is located in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

History and architectural features

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Built in 1891, this historic structure was expanded in 1898 and again circa 1920. It is a four-story, fifteen-bay by four-bay, brick building with Italianate-style influences. It has a corbelled brick cornice and slate covered gable roof, and has a brick boiler house annex and one-story addition that were built in 1898. The fourth floor was added to the original three-story building about 1920.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Irvin Rathman and Michel R. Lefevre. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading Knitting Mills" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.