Reading Company Grain Elevator

Reading Company Grain Elevator
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Reading Company Grain Elevator
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Location	411 N. 20th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′40″N75°10′18″W / 39.96111°N 75.17167°W / 39.96111; -75.17167
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925
Architect	Reading Co.
NRHP reference No.	82003813 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 10, 1982

The Reading Company Grain Elevator was built as a grain elevator in 1925 by the Reading Railroad in Center City Philadelphia to replace an elevator that had operated on the same spot since the Civil War. The building was abandoned in the 1950s and refitted in the 1970, with the lower floor made into offices, the grain storage areas essentially untouched, and the upper levels made into penthouses. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.<ref name="nris">

See also

• Philadelphia portal

• List of grain elevators

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Workshop of the World - Philadelphia
3. The Granary at Baldwin Park
4. Richard J. Webster (February 1980). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Reading Company Grain Elevator. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 4, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)