Hendel Brothers, Sons and Company Hat Factory

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600 S 6th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA

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N40° 19' 32" W75° 55' 35"   (40.325555555556, -75.926388888889) Start navigation »

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Hendel Brothers, Sons and Company Hat Factory, also known as "The Hat Factory," is a historic factory building located in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built about 1850, as a woolen mill. It is a three-story, brick building with the central section measuring 62 feet by 130 feet. It has a three-story south wing, two-story north wing, and small two-story west wing. It is of heavy timber frame construction, and features large arched double hung windows. A hat factory operated in the building until about 1930, after which it was used as a warehouse and trucking terminal.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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