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The Reading Municipal Light and Power Station is a historic municipal power station building at 226 Ash Street in Reading, Massachusetts.The single-story brick building was built in 1894 after the town decided to build a municipal power station.
Reading Municipal Building: Reading Municipal Building: July 19, 1984 : 49 Pleasant St. 75: Reading Municipal Light and Power Station: Reading Municipal Light and Power Station: July 19, 1984 : 226 Ash St.
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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 ...
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] It now serves as Reading's Pleasant Street Senior Center. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
The other church in the district is the stone Gothic Revival Christian Science Church on the west side of the common. The west side also includes the major municipal buildings: the library and town hall are brick Georgian Revival buildings dating to the early 20th century, as does the similarly-styled old high school building. [2]
Reading station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Reading, Massachusetts. It serves the Haverhill/Reading Line. It is located at Lincoln and High Streets on the western fringe of Reading's central business district. The station's historic depot building was built in 1870 by the Boston and Maine Railroad.