Reading Knitting Mills

Reading Knitting Mills is a historic factory building located in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1891, and expanded in 1898, and about 1920. It is a four-story, 15 bay by 4 bay, brick building with Italianate style influences. It has a corbelled brick cornice and slate covered gable roof. It has a brick boiler house annex and one-story addition built in 1898. The fourth floor was added to the original three-story building about 1920.[2]

Reading Knitting Mills
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Reading Knitting Mills, March 2011
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Location	350 Elm St., Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°20′23″N 75°55′49″W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1891, 1898, c. 1920
Built by	Beard, George W.
Architect	Levi H. Focht
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	82003762[1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1982

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

References

1. "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.