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 HARB Additional Resources

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission – PHMC - http://www.phmc.pa.gov

Bureau for Historic Preservation – BHP - http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/

National Park Service -Technical Preservation Services – TPS - https://www.nps.gov/history/preservation.htm

National Trust for Historic Preservation - http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/

Preservation Briefs - https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs.htm

Greater Reading – Berks Economic Partnership - http://greaterreading.com

Pennsylvania Architectural Field Guide - http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/architecture/

City of Reading - http://www.readingpa.gov

Historical Society of Berks County - http://www.berkshistory.org

History of the Queen Anne District - http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Berks_County/Reading_City/Queen_Anne_Historic_District.html

Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia and Lee McAlester. 1984 - http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-American-Houses/dp/0394739698

Reading Public Library - http://www.reading.lib.pa.us/

Callowhill Historical District, Reading, Pennsylvania by the Reading Bureau of Planning. 1979. Reading Public Library

Discovering the 6th Ward’s History and Architecture by Neighborhood Housing Services of Reading. 1981.

Historic Preservation, Reading, Pennsylvania: A Proposal by the Reading Planning Commission. Prepared by the Reading Planning Commission with the assistance of the staff of the Bureau of Planning. 1980. Reading Public Library.

The Passing Scene: Stories and Photographs of Old-Time Reading and Berks County by George Meiser IX and Gloria Meiser with James Neiman. Volumes 1-18. 1982-2010.