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This is a list of properties and historic districts in Reading, Massachusetts, copied from the National Register of Historic Places. These are in Middlesex County, Massachusetts . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Reading Town Hall. Since 1944, the municipal government of the town of Reading comprises a representative town meeting, whose 192 members are elected from eight precincts. [28] [29] [30] Prior to 1944, the town was governed by an open town meeting. The town elects a five-member select board by general election, who serve for overlapping three ...
In 1769 the area's first meeting house (church and civic building) was built, giving the area a sense of identity separate from portions of Reading that would later be set off as Wakefield and North Reading. Since then the area has become a focal point for religious and civic institutions in the town. [2]
Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to ...
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The former Reading Municipal Building is a historic building at 49 Pleasant Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1885, this two-story brick building was the town's first municipal structure, housing the town offices, jail, and fire station. In 1918 all functions except fire services moved out of the building. [2]
The Samuel Foster House (also known as the Foster-Emerson House) is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. Samuel Foster, an early miller and farmer built the house in 1709 and his family resided in the building until Ebenezer Emerson purchased the house from the Fosters in 1769. Emerson served in the American Revolutionary War. The Meadow ...