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Log House, Hiester House and Market Annex

Coordinates: 40°20′3″N 75°55′49″W / 40.33417°N 75.93028°W / 40.33417; -75.93028
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Log House, Hiester House, and Market Annex
Speckled Hen, March 2011
Log House, Hiester House and Market Annex is located in Pennsylvania
Log House, Hiester House and Market Annex
Log House, Hiester House and Market Annex is located in the United States
Log House, Hiester House and Market Annex
Location30 S. 4th St., Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°20′3″N 75°55′49″W / 40.33417°N 75.93028°W / 40.33417; -75.93028
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1760, c. 1820, 1895
NRHP reference No.79002169[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1979

The Log House, Hiester House, and Market Annex is an historic, American building that is located in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

History and architectural features

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The Log House was built circa 1760, and is a 1+12-story, dwelling measuring twenty-five feet by thirty feet. The pine logs are chinked with cut stone and mortar, with notch and saddle corner construction. The John Hiester House was built circa 1820, and is a 2+12-story, two-bay brick dwelling measuring seventeen feet by thirty-four feet. It is located to the rear of the Log House; both were used for commercial activities during the nineteenth century. The West Reading Market Annex, which was built in 1895, is located to the rear of the Hiester House. It is a brick market house measuring 165 feet long and thirty feet wide.[2] The complex is the home of The Speckled Hen Cottage Pub and Alehouse.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan S. Brubaker and Arlene C. Unger (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Log House, Hiester House, and Market Annex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-08.
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