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Location of Berks County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Berks County, Pennsylvania.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The Leesport Lock House is a house accompanying a lock on the Schuylkill Canal in Leesport, Pennsylvania, USA. The house was built adjacent to the Leesport Locks #36 and #37 to allow canal barges to move quickly up and down the canal. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1977. [2]
PA 61 southbound in Leesport Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad heritage steam train in Leesport. As of 2010, there were 9.55 miles (15.37 km) of public roads in Leesport, of which 2.33 miles (3.75 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 7.22 miles (11.62 km) were maintained by the borough.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-149, "Daniel Boone Birthplace, State Route 422 vicinity (Exeter Township), Baumstown, Berks County, PA", 6 photos, 3 data pages, supplemental material National Register of Historic Places Inventory–Nomination Form, "Pennsylvania SP Boone, Daniel, Homestead Site and Bertolet Cabin"
Joe Magarac / ˈ m æ ɡ ə ˌ r æ k / (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [mǎɡarat͡s]) is a pseudo-legendary American folk hero.He is presented to readers (see "Origin", below) as having been the protagonist of tales of oral folklore told by steelworkers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which later spread throughout the industrial areas of the Midwestern United States, sometimes referred to as the ...
Don Yoder (August 27, 1921– August 11, 2015) was an American folklorist specializing in the study of Pennsylvania Dutch, Quaker, and Amish and other Anabaptist folklife in Pennsylvania who wrote at least 15 books on these subjects. [1]
Lewis Miller (May 3, 1796 – September 15, 1882) was a Pennsylvania Dutch folk artist, noted for his watercolors of historical and everyday events. Miller was born in York, Pennsylvania . A carpenter by trade, he kept several journals throughout his life which he filled with simple watercolors, richly embedded with text and captions ...
Dauberville Bridge was a historic concrete arch bridge spanning the Schuylkill River between Centre Township and Ontelaunee Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.It was a multiple span 408-foot-long (124 m), concrete arch bridge with four spans, constructed in 1908.