1860, December 20 South Carolina, rapidly followed by six other southern states, secedes from Union in reaction to election of Lincoln, who opposes extension of slavery into western territories. These states organize the Confederate States of America.

PENNSYLVANIA - Berks County - Vacant / Not In Use

Allegheny Aqueduct ** (added 1984 - Structure - #84003105) Also known as Gibraltar Aqueduct Berks County - PA 724 and Allegheny Creek, Gibraltar (10 acres, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Beecher,Ephraim, Pettitt & Kimber Architectural Style: No Style Listed Area of Significance: Engineering, Commerce Period of Significance: 1800-1824 Owner: State Historic Function: Transportation Historic Sub-function: Water-Related Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Brobst Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001613) Berks County - Off T 814 on Pine Cr., Albany Township, Lenhartsville (less then 1 acres, 1 building, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Processing Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Christman, Philip, House ** (added 1973 - Building - #73001588) Also known as Uhlrich Beidler House Berks County - 1 mi. SE of Bally at the Berks, Bally (650 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: NONE LISTED. Architectural Style: No Style Listed Area of Significance: Agriculture, Architecture Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Storage Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Cotton and Maple Streets School (added 1986 - Building - #86001676) Berks County - Cotton and Maple Sts., Reading (2 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Head,Hiram S., Meinholz,George Architectural Style: Other, Romanesque Area of Significance: Architecture, Education Period of Significance: 1900-1924 Owner: Private Historic Function: Education Historic Sub-function: School Current Function: Social, Vacant/Not In Use Current Sub-function: Civic Deisher, H. K., Knitting Mill (added 1985 - Building - #85001963) Berks County - 56 Noble St., Kutztown (3 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry Period of Significance: 1875-1899 Owner: Private Historic Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Dreibelbis Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001614) Berks County - Jct. of Dreibelbis Mill and Bellevue Rds., Perry Township, Shoemakersville (110 acres, 1 building, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Industry Cultural Affiliation: Industrial American Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Processing Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Foos, Charles S., Elementary School (added 1983 - Building - #83004191) Also known as Douglass and Weiser School Berks County - Douglass and Weiser Sts., Reading (2 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Scholl,Edward Architectural Style: Classical Revival Area of Significance: Education, Architecture Period of Significance: 1900-1924 Owner: Local Gov't Historic Function: Education Historic Sub-function: School Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Hartman Cider Press (added 1988 - Structure - #87002205) Berks County - Keim Rd., 1.1 mi. W of Lobachsville, Lobachsville (less then 1 acres, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Event Area of Significance: Agriculture Period of Significance: 1825-1849 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Joanna Furnace Complex (added 1980 - District - #80003426) Berks County - N of Morgantown on PA 10, Robeson Township, Morgantown (138 acres, 2 buildings, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: POTTS,SAMUEL, RUTTER,THOMAS Architectural Style: No Style Listed Area of Significance: Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry Period of Significance: 1750-1799 Owner: Private Historic Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction Historic Sub-function: Energy Facility Current Function: Other, Vacant/Not In Use Kauffman Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001620) Also known as Spengler Mill Berks County - Jct. of Mill and Mill Hill Rds., Upper Bern Township, Shartlesville (10 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Industry Cultural Affiliation: Industrial American Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Processing, Single Dwelling Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Kemp's Hotel (added 1978 - Building - #78002344) Berks County - E of Kutztown on US 222, Maxatawny Township, Kutztown (10 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Event Area of Significance: Commerce Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1850-1874 Owner: Private Historic Function: Domestic Historic Sub-function: Hotel Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Keystone Hook and Ladder Company (added 1985 - Building - #85003447) Also known as Keystone Fire House Berks County - Second and Penn Sts., Reading (1 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Mull,E.K. Architectural Style: Queen Anne Area of Significance: Architecture Period of Significance: 1875-1899 Owner: Private Historic Function: Government Historic Sub-function: Fire Station Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Lerch Tavern (added 1979 - Building - #79002171) Berks County - 182-184 W. Penn Ave, Wernersville (90 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Lerch,John Yost Architectural Style: No Style Listed Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1850-1874 Owner: Private Historic Function: Commerce/Trade Historic Sub-function: Department Store, Restaurant Current Function: Education, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress Long--Hawerter Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001623) Berks County - Longsdale Rd. at Little Lehigh Cr., Longswamp Township, Topton (20 acres, 1 building, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Processing Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Lutz, John F., Furniture Co. & Funerary (added 1996 - Building - #96000085) Also known as Lutz, John F., Property Berks County - 3559 & 3561 St. Lawrence Ave., St. Lawrence (less then 1 acres, 3 buildings) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architectural Style: Italianate Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility, Mortuary, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling, Specialty Store Merkel Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001625) Berks County - Dreibelbis Station Rd. at Maiden Cr., Greenwich Township, Lenhartsville (23 acres, 1 building, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Processing Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Metropolitan Edison Building (added 1983 - Site - #83004192) Berks County - 412 Washington St., Reading (11 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Multiple Architectural Style: Chicago Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce Period of Significance: 1925-1949 Owner: Local Gov't Historic Function: Commerce/Trade Historic Sub-function: Business Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Old Swede's House ** (added 1974 - Building - #74001751) Also known as Mouns Jones House Berks County - Old Philadelphia Pike, Douglassville (20 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Jones,Mouns Architectural Style: No Style Listed Area of Significance: Social History, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement Period of Significance: 1700-1749 Owner: Private Historic Function: Domestic Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site ** (added 2004 - District - #04000191) Also known as Rutter's Mansion Berks County - Pine Forge Rd and Douglass Dr., Pine Forge, Douglas Township (240 acres, 5 buildings, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person Architect, builder, or engineer: Okie, R. Brognard Architectural Style: Early Republic, Federal Historic Person: Rutter, Thomas Significant Year: 1800, 1918 Area of Significance: Industry, Architecture Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage Current Function: Education, Vacant/Not In Use Current Sub-function: School Queen Anne Historic District (added 2004 - District - #04001227) Berks County - Roughly bounded by Robeson St., North Third St., RR Tracks and Clinton St., Reading (1600 acres, 2405 buildings) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Gothic Revival Area of Significance: Architecture Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private , Local Gov't Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion Historic Sub-function: Fire Station, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use Current Sub-function: Fire Station, Library, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store Red Men Hall (added 2000 - Building - #00000843) Berks County - 831-833 Walnut St., Reading (less then 1 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Muhlenberg Bros., Landis Co. Architectural Style: Renaissance, Bungalow/Craftsman Area of Significance: Architecture Period of Significance: 1900-1924 Owner: Private Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Social Historic Sub-function: Meeting Hall, Specialty Store Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Rieser Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001628) Berks County - Jct. of Grange and Cross Keys Rds., Bern Township, Leesport (10 acres, 2 buildings) Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Processing, Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling Seyfert Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001629) Berks County - Jct. of Old US 22 and Campsite Rd., Upper Tulpehocken Township, Strausstown (30 acres, 1 building, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Industry Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Processing Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Snyder Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001630) Berks County - Oley Line Rd. at Monocacy Cr., Exeter Township, Limekiln (15 acres, 1 building) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Industry Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Processing Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use Spannuth Mill (added 1990 - Building - #90001631) Also known as Crosskill Mill Berks County - Jct. of Frystown and Crosskill Creek Rds., Bethel Township, Frystown (20 acres, 2 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown Architectural Style: Other Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence Historic Sub-function: Processing Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use

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