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A PROJECT OF BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION


Islamic Center of Reading
18 S Noble St History: This building was built in 1991, and has been occupied by the Islamic Center for the entirety of this time....
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Grace Lutheran
33 S. 11th Street History: Grace Lutheran was first formed as a Sunday School, or Mission School, from Trinity Lutheran, and they first...
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Hope of Nations Christian Center
134 N 5th St History: This building dates back to 1904, when William Luden, founder of Luden’s Candy, funded the construction of...
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Ebenezer Mountain View Church of God
1255 Hampden Blvd History: This congregation dates back to 1906, when they were First Church of God. After their founding, they met at...
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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1015 Windsor Street History: St. Mark’s is one of the descendents of Trinity Lutheran. They branched off and built their own building in...
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Calvary Church of the Nazarene
621 Centre Avenue History: Calvary Church’s original building was built in 1940, and an addition was added 10 years following. At this...
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Faith Chapel Mennonite Brethren in Christ
715 N. 10th St. History: Faith Chapel was originally instituted in 1885. At this point in time, no historical information is available...
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Windsor Street Methodist
101 W. Windsor Street History: Windsor Street Methodist Church’s first sanctuary space was built in 1904, and another section was added...
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Washington Presbyterian
1030 Washington St. History: In the early part of the 1800’s, there were only 700 and 800 black people in Reading. Many had to be...
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Reading Moravian Church
1116 Perry Street History: Moravians, or Unity of Brethren, date back to 1415, and are considered the first Protestants; they actually...
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Olivet Reformed Church
1648 Centre Ave History: In June, 1890, Rev. Henry Y. Stoner organized Olivet Reformed Church with 36 members. They laid the cornerstone...
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St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
241-43 S. 3rd Street History: St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox church was erected in 1905 and consecrated in 1907, the original congregation...
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Berean Baptist Church
820 N 9th St. History: This building dates back to 1896. At this point in time, no historical information is available for the original...
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Chabad Lubavitch of Berks County
2320 Hampden Blvd. History: At one point in time there were four Jewish synagogues in Reading. Today, Chabad is the only one within the...
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St. Paul’s UCC
123 N 6th St. Circa 1871, 1893 History: The original congregation to occupy this building, St. Paul’s Reformed, was organized by members...
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First Century Worship Center
234 S 11th St. History: This building dates back to 1898. At this point in time, no historical information is available for the original...
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Holy Cross United Methodist Church
329 N. 5th Street History: The first Methodist in Berks County started meeting in 1773. The first meetings in Reading were held in a log...
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Hope Lutheran Church
601 N. Front Street History: Hope Lutheran began as Hope Chapel on Schuylkill Ave., branching off from Trinity Lutheran and creating...
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