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Reading City Hall, April 2011
City Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
City Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania)
Location in Pennsylvania
City Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
City Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania)
Location in the United States
Location 8th & Washington Sts., Reading, Pennsylvania
Area 6.3 acres (2.5 ha)
Built 1904
Architect Davis & Davis
Architectural style Beaux Arts, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 82003760
Added to NRHP April 13, 1982

City Hall, originally known as Boy's High School, is a historic city hall located at Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1904, as the high school for boys, and converted to use as a city hall in 1928. It is a three-story, with basement, granite and gray brick building in the Beaux Arts style. It features terra cotta decorative elements and measures 210 feet by 201 feet.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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