Berks County, Pennsylvania


Founding: 1752
Parent counties: Lancaster and Philadelphia
Namesake: Berkshire, England 
Seat: Reading (1752–)
Land area: 857 square miles
Population (2020): 428,849
Population (historic): 30,189 (1790); 64,569 (1840); 106,701 (1870); 159,615 (1900); 231,717 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–2020
Subdivisions: One city; 27 boroughs; 54 CDPs; 44 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 44,754 (26.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 73.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 37.3%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.1%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,986
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,938
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 6,089
Average farm size (1920): 58.3 acres
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Reading
 
Namesake: Reading, England
Founding: 1748 (platting); 1778 (post office); 1783 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 95,112
Population (historic): 2,225 (1790); 8,410 (1840); 33,930 (1870); 78,961 (1900); 111,171 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1930; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17,608 (52.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Jerusalem Union Church (1812). 15 Red Church Road. Albany. Georgian.
  2. John Dietrich Farm. 243 Roth Road. Albany.
  3. John Heckman House (1836). 1976 Mount Laurel Road. Alsace. Federal.
  4. Mans Jonasson House (1716). 31 Old Philadelphia Pike. Amity.
  5. William Yocom Farm (c. 1855). 775 Old Swede Road. Amity. Italianate.
  6. Weidner Mill (1855). 50 Sharon Drive. Amity.
  7. Bern Reformed Church (1916–1917). 3196 Bernville Road. Bern. Gothic Revival.
  8. Rieser Farm (c. 1820/1850s). 1062 Cross Keys Road. Bern. Federal.
  9. Rieser House (1807). 848 West Main Street. Bern. Georgian.
  10. Salem Reformed Church (1810). 8361 Lancaster Road. Bethel. Georgian.
  11. Belleman Union Church (1924). 3540 Belleman's Church Road. Centre. Gothic Revival.
  12. Belleman Union Church (1814). 3754 Belleman's Church Road. Centre. Georgian.
  13. Ridgewood Farm / Jacob Dick Farm (c. 1810). 2039 Philadelphia Avenue. Cumru. Federal.
  14. Pine Forge Mansion / Rutter House (c. 1730/1800). 354 Pine Forge Road. Douglass. Federal.
  15. Henry Keely Farm. 981 Reading Road. Douglass. Georgian.
  16. Boone–Maugridge–DeTurk Farm (c. 1730/1755/1770). 400 Daniel Boone Road. Exeter.
  17. Mordecai Lincoln House (c. 1733/1760). 930 Lincoln Road. Exeter.
  18. John Bishop House (c. 1770). 5341 Perkiomen Avenue. Exeter. Georgian.
  19. Mount Zion Lutheran Church (1923). 1343 Long Lane Road. Greenwich. Gothic Revival.
  20. Klobb Farm (c. 1798/1805). 1700 Brownsville Road. Heidelberg. Georgian.
  21. Hunter's Mill Farm / Peter Richard Farm (1794). 280 Dale Road. Hereford. Georgian.
  22. Huff's Union Church (1871). 1167 Huff's Church Road. Hereford. Romanesque.
  23. John Moyer House (c. 1817). 152 Hetrick Road. Jefferson. Federal.
  24. Topton Lutheran Home (1897–1899/1911). 1 South Home Avenue. Long Swamp. Classical Revival.
  25. Charles Wagenhorst Farm (c. 1875). 9278 Long Swamp Road. Long Swamp. Second Empire.
  26. Peter Trexler House (c. 1789/1800/1860). 1605 State Street. Long Swamp. Second Empire.
  27. Jacob Lesher Farm (1797). 1712 State Street. Long Swamp. Georgian.
  28. House (c. 1895). 2510 State Street. Long Swamp. Eastlake.
  29. George Knorr Farm (1906). 4995 Penn Avenue. Lower Heidelberg. Queen Anne.
  30. Jacob Van Reed House (c. 1870). 3394 State Hill Road. Lower Heidelberg. Italianate.
  31. Stitzel House (c. 1875). 224 Steely Road. Lower Heidelberg. Italianate.
  32. Kauffman House (c. 1875). 225 Main Street. Maiden Creek. Italianate.
  33. Peter Spicker Farm (c. 1740/1750/1800). 160 Main Street. Marion. Georgian.
  34. Jacob Sassaman House (1798). 460 Albright Road. Maxatawny. Georgian.
  35. David Hottenstein Farm (1783). 15429 Kutztown Road. Maxatawny. Georgian.
  36. John Bernhart House (c. 1830). 303 Crystal Rock Road. Muhlenberg. Federal.
  37. Abraham Keefer Farm (1805). 464 Covered Bridge Road. Oley. Georgian.
  38. Henry Fisher Farm (c. 1800). 1839 Memorial Highway. Oley. Georgian.
  39. Conrad Reiff Farm (1815). 448 Old State Road. Oley. Georgian.
  40. John Knabb Farm (c. 1806). 6034 Oley Turnpike. Oley. Georgian.
  41. William Parvin House (c. 1770). 90 Berkley Road. Ontelaunee. Georgian.
  42. Jacob Keim Farm (1753). 100 Boyer Road. Pike.
  43. Abraham Shaeffer House (1765). 179 Dreysher Road. Pike. Georgian.
  44. Sally Ann Furnace Ironmaster's House (1814). 47 Sally Ann Furnace Road. Rockland. Federal.
  45. Gilson House. 2096 Tulpehocken Road. Spring.
  46. Zion Reformed Church (1905). 6573 Old US Highway 22. Upper Tulpehocken. Gothic Revival.
  47. Dale Forge Farm / David Schall Farm (1791). 389 Dale Road. Washington. Federal.
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