This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Berks County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Berks County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 66 historical markers located in Berks County. [1]
| Marker title | Image | Date dedicated | Location | Marker type | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Sadowski |  | September 18, 1966 | U.S. 422 eastbound near graveyard, Douglassville 40°15′28″N75°43′44″W / 40.25775°N 75.72897°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American |
| Baird House |  | September 15, 1950 | 5th & Washington Sts., SW corner, Reading (Missing) | City | Environment, Professions & Vocations |
| Ben Austrian | | June 17, 1995 | New Bethel Union Church Cemetery, RD 2, Kempton 40°37′58″N75°53′32″W / 40.63282°N 75.89217°W | Roadside | Artists |
| Berks County |  | May 12, 1982 | Courthouse, N. 6th & Court Sts., Reading 40°20′11″N75°55′33″W / 40.33648°N 75.92587°W | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Iron |
| Bethel A.M.E. Church |  | May 11, 1996 | 119 N. 10th St., Reading 40°20′33″N75°55′32″W / 40.34255°N 75.9256°W | City | African American, Buildings, Religion, Underground Railroad |
| Carl A. Spaatz |  | June 27, 1991 | Pa. 562 (S. Reading Ave.) at W. 2nd St., Boyertown 40°19′54″N75°38′30″W / 40.33177°N 75.64163°W | Roadside | Military, Military Post-Civil War |
| Charming Forge | | April 30, 1947 | U.S. 422, Womelsdorf 40°21′57″N76°10′48″W / 40.36577°N 76.17993°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Buildings, Business & Industry, Iron, Professions & Vocations |
| Christ Little Tulpehocken Church | | June 12, 1963 | SR 4010 W of Bernville 40°25′20″N76°07′56″W / 40.42213°N 76.13218°W | Roadside | Buildings, Religion |
| Colebrookdale Furnace | | n/a | Pa. 562 near SR 2040 SW of Boyertown 40°19′24″N75°39′14″W / 40.32323°N 75.65392°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron |
| Conrad Weiser |  | April 29, 1947 | U.S. 422, Weiser Homestead, E of Womelsdorf 40°21′36″N76°10′20″W / 40.36013°N 76.17213°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Native American |
| Conrad Weiser Trading Post | | February 16, 1951 | 505 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40°20′08″N75°55′40″W / 40.33555°N 75.92775°W | City | Buildings, Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Native American, Professions & Vocations |
| Daniel Boone |  | n/a | U.S. 422, 2 miles SE of Baumstown 40°16′04″N75°45′40″W / 40.26767°N 75.76107°W | Roadside | Education, Houses & Homesteads, Professions & Vocations |
| Daniel Boone | | April 1, 1947 | U.S. 422 westbound at SR 2041 just E of Baumstown; U.S. 422 eastbound at Baumstown Union Sunday School 40°16′46″N75°48′07″W / 40.27938°N 75.80183°W | Roadside | Education, Houses & Homesteads, Professions & Vocations |
| Daniel Boone (1734-1820) - PLAQUE | | n/a | US 422 between Baumstown and Douglassville 40°16′03″N75°45′40″W / 40.26756°N 75.76106°W | Plaque | Exploration |
| Daniel Boone Homestead |  | n/a | SR 2041 N of Baumstown 40°17′27″N75°47′40″W / 40.29073°N 75.79435°W | Roadside | Buildings, Early Settlement, Houses & Homesteads |
| De Benneville House | | December 4, 1948 | Pa. 622, 1.5 miles N of Yellow House 40°20′36″N75°45′42″W / 40.34335°N 75.7618°W | Roadside | Houses & Homesteads, Religion |
| De Turk House | | December 4, 1948 | Junction PA 73 & Memorial Hwy. (PA 662), near DeTurk Rd., just S of Oley 40°23′01″N75°47′12″W / 40.38373°N 75.78669°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion |
| Doctor Jonathan Potts | | February 16, 1951 | 545 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40°20′08″N75°55′35″W / 40.33543°N 75.92632°W | City | American Revolution, Military |
| Dr. Bodo Otto |  | February 16, 1951 | 525 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40°20′08″N75°55′40″W / 40.33555°N 75.92775°W | City | American Revolution, Medicine & Science, Military, Professions & Vocations |
| Duryea Drive | | May 17, 1951 | Intersection of Clymer & 13th Sts. at Park Dr., Reading 40°20′05″N75°54′40″W / 40.33473°N 75.91112°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Oil & Gas, Professions & Vocations, Transportation |
| Duryea Drive | | May 17, 1951 | In Reading at 1st curve on road to Pagoda, about 65' from curve | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Oil & Gas, Professions & Vocations, Transportation |
| Duryea Drive |  | May 17, 1951 | In Reading, on Mount Penn at Pagoda 40°20′10″N75°54′20″W / 40.33607°N 75.90565°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Oil & Gas, Professions & Vocations, Transportation |
| Eight-Cornered School | | June 10, 1948 | U.S. 422 in Sinking Spring (Missing) | City | Education, Religion |
| Exeter Friends Meeting |  | May 7, 1979 | Meetinghouse Road, .5 mile S of Pa. 562 & 2 mile W of Yellow House 40°18′46″N75°47′04″W / 40.3129°N 75.78443°W | Roadside | Abraham Lincoln, Buildings, Religion |
| Federal Inn | | February 16, 1951 | 445 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40°20′08″N75°55′42″W / 40.33543°N 75.92822°W | City | Buildings, Business & Industry, George Washington, Military, Inns & Taverns, Whiskey Rebellion |
| Fisher House |  | August 28, 1948 | Pa. 622, 1.4 miles N of Yellow House 40°20′28″N75°45′39″W / 40.34113°N 75.76095°W | Roadside | Buildings, Houses & Homesteads |
| Fort Henry | | June 18, 1959 | Pa. 501, 2 miles N of Bethel 40°29′30″N76°18′59″W / 40.49178°N 76.31645°W | Roadside | Forts, French & Indian War, Military |
| Goshenhoppen | | April 30, 1947 | Pa. 100 (7th & Main Sts.), Bally 40°24′10″N75°35′09″W / 40.40268°N 75.58588°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Education, Religion |
| Hawk Mountain Sanctuary | | September 14, 2019 | Hawk Mountain Road, at path to North Lookout 40°38′06″N75°59′13″W / 40.63494°N 75.98698°W | Roadside | Education, Environment, Science & Medicine, Sports & Recreation, Women |
| Henry A. Muhlenberg | | February 16, 1951 | 400 Penn St., Reading 40°20′07″N75°55′47″W / 40.33523°N 75.9297°W | City | Government & Politics, Religion |
| Hereford Furnace | | May 5, 1967 | Pa. 29 & 100 at junction SR 1010, Hereford 40°26′59″N75°33′08″W / 40.4497°N 75.55232°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron |
| Hessian Camp |  | October 1, 1949 | Mineral Spring Rd. (Business U.S. 422 westbound) at 18th St., Reading 40°19′54″N75°54′06″W / 40.33168°N 75.90163°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Ethnic & Immigration |
| Hessian Camp | | October 1, 1949 | Pa. 73 & U.S. 422, Mineral Spring Park (Missing) | Roadside | Ethnic & Immigration |
| Hiester Home | | February 16, 1951 | 439 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40°20′08″N75°55′43″W / 40.33542°N 75.92862°W | City | American Revolution, Government & Politics, Governors, Houses & Homesteads, Military |
| Hopewell Village | | August 28, 1948 | Pa. 10, S of Plowville | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron |
| Hopewell Village | | March 29, 1947 | U.S. 422 east & westbound at Pa. 82, Baumstown 40°16′51″N75°48′21″W / 40.28077°N 75.8057°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron |
| Hunter Liggett |  | December 30, 1984 | 145 S. 6th St. at Chestnut, Reading 40°19′56″N75°55′33″W / 40.33232°N 75.92593°W | City | Military, Military Post-Civil War |
| James Maurer (1864-1944) |  | September 8, 2006 | Heritage Park near Workers' Memorial, 8th & Canal Sts., Reading 40°19′30″N75°55′34″W / 40.32493°N 75.92622°W | Roadside | Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor |
| Jeremiah Sweinhart and Successors | | April 17, 1994 | 3rd. & Walnut Sts., Boyertown 40°19′59″N75°38′24″W / 40.33315°N 75.64012°W | Roadside | Agriculture, Business & Industry, Entrepreneurs, Military, Transportation |
| John A. Shulze |  | September 6, 1951 | Conrad Weiser Pkwy. (US 422) at Main St. & Longs Church Ln., outside Stouchsburg 40°23′02″N76°14′49″W / 40.38383°N 76.24686°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Governors |
| Joseph Hiester |  | March 27, 1947 | Pa. 183 at SR 3051 & 3053 near Leinbachs 40°23′18″N75°59′34″W / 40.38827°N 75.99267°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Government & Politics, Governors, Mansions & Manors, Military |
| Lincoln Homestead |  | March 29, 1947 | 5700 Perkiomen Ave. (US 422), near Lincoln Rd., Reading / Exeter Twp. | Roadside | Abraham Lincoln, Early Settlement, Government & Politics 18th Century, Houses & Homesteads |
| Northkill Amish | | June 26, 1959 | Old U.S. 22, 1 mile W of Shartlesville 40°30′43″N76°07′11″W / 40.51207°N 76.11982°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Native American, Religion |
| Oley Moravians | | August 28, 1948 | Memorial Hwy. (PA 622), near Mine Ln., 1 mile S of Oley 40°22′25″N75°46′38″W / 40.37348°N 75.77713°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Education, Religion |
| Penn's Common | | February 16, 1951 | Perkiomen Ave. (Business U.S. 422 westbound) at 11th & Penn Sts., Reading 40°20′06″N75°54′57″W / 40.33505°N 75.91585°W | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, William Penn |
| Pilger Ruh | | April 22, 1950 | Bethel Rd. (PA 501) at Pilger Ruh Rd., N of Bethel near Schuylkill Co. line 40°30′48″N76°20′14″W / 40.51327°N 76.33735°W | Roadside | Environment, Native American, Paths & Trails, Religion |
| Reading |  | n/a | Lancaster Ave. (Bus. 222) at Summit Ave., S end of city 40°22′08″N75°55′37″W / 40.36895°N 75.92688°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics |
| Reading | | 1948 | U.S. 122 S | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics |
| Reading | | 1948 | U.S. 122 N | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics |
| Reading | | n/a | N 5th St. Hwy. / Allentown Pike (US 222) at N city line, just S of Warren St. Bypass (PA 12) | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics |
| Reading | | n/a | Penn Ave. (Bus. Rt. 422) just W of Ben Franklin Hwy. / Conrad Weiser Pkwy. cloverleaf 40°20′05″N75°56′27″W / 40.33472°N 75.94073°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Ethnic & Immigration |
| Reading Railroad Massacre |  | October 16, 1993 | 7th & Penn Sts., Reading 40°20′07″N75°55′27″W / 40.33522°N 75.9242°W | City | Labor, Railroads, Transportation |
| Rhoads Opera House Fire |  | June 29, 2008 | Fairview Cemetery, north side of W Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown | Roadside | Buildings, Government & Politics 20th Century |
| Robesonia Furnace |  | n/a | U.S. 422 (Penn Ave.) at Freeman St., Robesonia 40°20′59″N76°07′44″W / 40.34977°N 76.1289°W | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron, Professions & Vocations |
| Skew Bridge |  | March 1, 1951 | N. 6th St. at railroad bridge, near Woodward St., Reading 40°20′34″N75°55′33″W / 40.34265°N 75.92572°W | City | Bridges, Railroads, Transportation |
| Solomon Boscov | | August 3, 1999 | 1400 Block N. 9th St., Reading 40°21′23″N75°55′10″W / 40.35635°N 75.91933°W | City | Business & Industry, Ethnic & Immigration |
| Swedish Pioneers |  | February 20, 1949 | E Main St. / W Schuylkill Rd. (PA 724) just NW of River Bridge Rd., 5 miles SE of Birdsboro 40°15′10″N75°43′46″W / 40.25273°N 75.72957°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Houses & Homesteads, William Penn |
| Thomas Mifflin |  | March 27, 1947 | U.S. 222 (E. Lancaster Ave.) at Mifflin Blvd., Shillington 40°18′25″N75°57′34″W / 40.307°N 75.95936°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Governors, Military |
| Thomas Rutter | | October 4, 1982 | Pine Forge Academy off Pine Forge Rd. (SR 2063), Pine Forge 40°16′52″N75°42′14″W / 40.281°N 75.70375°W | City | African American, Business & Industry, Education, Iron, Mansions & Manors, Professions & Vocations, Underground Railroad |
| Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. George Nagel's Company | | November 4, 1989 | 940 Centre Ave. (Pa. 61), Greenfield Manor section of Reading | Roadside | American Revolution, Military |
| Tulpehocken Path | | March 19, 1952 | Lancaster Ave. (PA 501) at Schubert Rd., just N of I-78/US22, 1 mile N of Bethel 40°28′42″N76°17′44″W / 40.47822°N 76.2955°W | Roadside | Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American, Paths & Trails |
| Tulpehocken Path | | July 16, 1951 | Conrad Weiser Pkwy. / W Penn Ave. (US 422), at Conrad Weiser Homestead E of Womelsdorf 40°21′36″N76°10′20″W / 40.36013°N 76.17213°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation, William Penn |
| Tulpehocken Path | | July 16, 1951 | PA 419 N of Host (Missing) | Roadside | Government & Politics, Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation, William Penn |
| Union Canal | | April 22, 1950 | Morgantown Rd. (PA 10) & Philadelphia Ave. (PA 724), 2 miles S of Reading 40°17′52″N75°55′34″W / 40.29778°N 75.92598°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Canals, Mills, Navigation, Transportation |
| Union Canal | | May 12, 1950 | Pa. 183, .9 mile SE of Bernville | Roadside | Business & Industry, Canals, Mills, Navigation, Transportation |
| Union Canal | | October 1950 | Upper Van Reed Rd. near Tulpehocken Creek, .1 mile S of Leinbachs, Bernville | Roadside | Business & Industry, Canals, Mills, Navigation, Transportation |
| Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) | | October 1, 2007 | 323 N 5th St., Reading 40°20′27″N75°55′40″W / 40.3407°N 75.9277°W | City | Writers |
| William Penn - First Visit to America - PLAQUE |  | October 1, 1945 | US 422, .8 mile SE of Baumstown (264 E Ben Franklin Hwy., Birdsboro) 40°16′26″N75°46′50″W / 40.27375°N 75.78053°W | Plaque | Exploration, William Penn |
| William Strong |  | February 16, 1951 | NW corner, 5th & Court Sts., Reading 40°20′10″N75°55′40″W / 40.33622°N 75.92788°W | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Professions & Vocations |
