{"nrhp_refnum":"04001227","name":"Queen Anne Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Robeson St., North Third St., RR Tracks and Clinton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reading","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.347829165000064,"lon":-75.93662130211752,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of late 19th and early 20th century urban buildings in the northwestern corner of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, made up mainly of semi-detached houses and rowhouses with some churches and small commercial buildings.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be a largely intact example of a late 19th and early 20th century working and middle class neighborhood, reflecting vernacular local interpretations of Victorian-era styles. It developed from about 1880 to 1925, when Reading's building and loan associations and new street grid enabled home ownership for working-class and middle-class families. Its buildings and streetscapes retain enough integrity to convey that character.","narrative":"Located in northwest Reading, this district is a concentration of semi-detached houses, rowhouses, churches and small shops built mainly between 1880 and 1925. Its streets follow a compass-point grid laid out after the city's 1870s street survey, and the homes were largely financed by local building and loan associations that helped working families become owners. Houses range from modest blue-collar rows near the railroad to larger double and single houses on the north side, many with Queen Anne detailing, bay windows and porches. Churches include Emmanuel Baptist, dating from 1885, and Wesley United Methodist, dating from 1922, and most of the churches share a Gothic Revival design. Corner grocery stores and neighborhood theaters once served residents within walking distance. The district is regarded as a surviving example of an urban working and middle class neighborhood, with much of its original streetscape still intact despite siding replacements on many houses.","period_of_significance":"1880-1925","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; with Italianate, Gothic Revival and Reading German influences noted","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Many buildings retain original fabric while others have replacement siding; the Majestic theater at 108 Oley Street is described as now standing vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.416818-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/04001227.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001227/43f3829736-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001227/43f3829736-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Anne_HD_McKnight_n_Windsor.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Anne_HD_McKnight_n_Windsor.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997918","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7270213"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/queen-anne-historic-district-04001227/"}