Reading Knitting Mills

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″N75°55′49″W / 40.33972°N 75.93028°W / 40.33972; -75.93028
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

The Reading Knitting Mills is an historic, American factory building that is located in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

Built in 1891, this historic structure was expanded in 1898 and again circa 1920. It is a four-story, fifteen-bay by four-bay, brick building with Italianate-style influences. It has a corbelled brick cornice and slate covered gable roof, and has a brick boiler house annex and one-story addition that were built in 1898. The fourth floor was added to the original three-story building about 1920. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Irvin Rathman and Michel R. Lefevre (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Reading Knitting Mills. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)