City Hall Improvements – Reading PA

City:
Reading, PA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

Reading, Pennsylvania’s City Hall was built in 1904 as a high school and became the city hall in 1928. The WPA helped to clean and paint the building during the New Deal.

Source notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall_%28Reading,_Pennsylvania%29 "Legacy; Projects from program still in use"; Reading Eagle, Apr. 23, 2005 (page A2).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 5, 2014.

Location Info

815 Washington St.
Reading, PA 19601
Berks County

Coordinates: 40.3368821, -75.92123

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