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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2421_first-reformed-church_Reading-PA.html
The heirs of Wm. Penn
donated and deeded the lots to
Conrad Weiser and Isaac Levan,
————Trustees.————
The first church was built of logs.
Rev. Wm. Stoy, 1755, was the first pastor
Gov. Joseph…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM241Y_dr-bodo-otto_Reading-PA.html
Delegate to the
Provincial Congress,
June 18, 1776.
Senior surgeon with
his two sons during the
Revolution.
Had charge of the
Valley Forge
encampment.
(See Berks Co. History,)
Died 1787.
Aged 79 years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM241W_trinity-lutheran-church_Reading-PA.html
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
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Beautiful Building of
D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM241V_trinity-lutheran-church-original-cemetery_Reading-PA.html
Dedicated to all who rest
in unmarked graves
One generation shall laud
thy works to another...
Psalm 145:4
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Under this chapel lie the remains of
[Roll of Burials]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L89_joseph-hiester_Reading-PA.html
Revolutionary soldier, Congressman, Governor 1820-1823, lived in the Hiester Mansion. Now a part of the Berks County Welfare Farm.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7A_wallace-stevens_Reading-PA.html
A major 20th century American poet, Stevens was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his "Collected Poems" in 1955. Works such as "Bantams in Pinewoods," "Harmonium," and "The Auroras of Autumn" combined poetic language with serious philosophi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L79_wallace-stevens_Reading-PA.html
Birthplace of the internationally acclaimed poet. He attended Reading's High School for Boys, Harvard College and New York University Law School and combined successful careers as an insurance company executive and award winning poet. In 1955 the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L72_skew-bridge_Reading-PA.html
Regarded best example of skew bridge in U.S. Designed by Richard Osborn for the P & R Railroad in 1857. Each course of the arch of 40 feet is laid in ellipsoidal curve, each stone properly curved. There is no keystone.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L71_hessian-camp_Reading-PA.html
After Burgoyne's surrender, 1777, German mercenaries, mostly Hessian, were held prisoners at various places until end of war. Those brought to Reading, 1781, were encamped until 1783 in huts on the hillside a quarter-mile to the north.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L70_lincoln-homestead_Reading-PA.html
President Lincoln's great-great grand-father Mordecai purchased Andrew Robeson's land and built the stone house that stands about 1 1/4 miles south of here in 1733. Mordecai Lincoln served as Justice of the Peace of Philadelphia County from 1733 t…