Red Men Hall | |
 The front of Red Men Hall | |
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| Location | 831 Walnut Street Reading, Pennsylvania 19601 |
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| Coordinates | 40°20′21″N75°55′21″W / 40.33917°N 75.92250°W |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Muhlenberg Brothers |
| Architectural style | American Craftsman, Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000843 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 27, 2000 |
The Red Men Hall, later known as Century Hall, is a historic four-story building located in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The building originally served as a meeting place for the local lodge or "wigwam" of the Improved Order of Red Men. The Red Men are a fraternal organization which imitate perceived Native American customs. [2] However, this location consisted exclusively of German Americans. [3] The organization had numerous chapters in Pennsylvania beginning in the nineteenth century. [4]
Constructed by the Red Men in 1900, the four-story brick facade building displays American Craftsman style architectural designs with Renaissance Revival elements, and includes decorative tiles by Henry Chapman Mercer. Later, the structure served as a rental hall called Century Hall, capitalizing on the building being built at the turn of the century. [5]
The National Register of Historic Places added the structure in 2000. The building now consists of 15 low-income senior housing units. [6]
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