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He married Anne Hall Nicholls in 1931 at Christ Episcopal Church in Reading. [1] Hiester is best known for his construction of Stokesay Castle on Mount Penn in Reading. Designed in 1932 by his cousin, architect Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, founder of Muhlenberg Greene Architects, Stokesay was built to resemble the castle of the same name in ...
Stokesay Castle is one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and situated at Stokesay in Shropshire.It was largely built in its present form in the late 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, on the earlier castle (some of which still survives) founded by its original owners the de Lacy family, from whom it passed to their de Verdun heirs, who retained feudal overlordship of ...
The Berks History Center is located at 940 Centre Ave, Reading, PA. [3] The museum has a historical object collection exceeding 20,000 items. Included are works of art by Ben Austrian, Jack Coggins, Ralph D. Dunkelberger, G.B. Kostenbader, Earle Poole, E.S. Reeser, Christopher Shearer, Victor Shearer, and Frederick Spang.
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.
Stokesay Castle, gatehouse and walls 1391–1400 This is a fortified house, and the gatehouse was added in the 17th century. The house is in sandstone with some timber framing, and has a stone-tile roof.
Stokesay is famous for Stokesay Castle, a fortified manor house and one of the best preserved and oldest examples of the type in the country. The hamlet, which even today comprises just a church , a working farm and a few houses, was previously known as simply Stoke , a widespread English placename meaning 'enclosure'.
In 1291, he received a licence from the King to strengthen his manor house with a stone wall and to crenellate the property which subsequently became known as Stokesay Castle. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] By the 1290s, Ludlow was leading a consortium of the most powerful English wool merchants and in 1294, was responsible for the introduction of an export duty ...
Stokesay Castle, Reading, Pennsylvania, built in 1931 and modeled after the 13th century castle in Shropshire, England, by the same name. Serves as an event venue, fine dining restaurant, and casual pub. [69] Stewart's Castle, Washington, D.C., completed in 1873 for Senator William Morris Stewart. Second Empire house that was demolished in 1901.