Mr. Yoder, the Berks County Historical Society’s Executive Director, came upon this rare 19th century view of the 1761 structure long known as the Union Bank, which is what it was when this photo was taken. Many of you will know it as the Farr Shoe Store building--off the southwest corner of 5th and Penn. Though greatly modified, largely in the 1940’s, it is the oldest structure on Penn Street. (The photo was found in an obscure file of oversized prints in storage on the 2nd floor of Society headquarters.)
NOTE: The photograph is "used with permission of the Historical Society of Berks County." We extend them many thanks for sharing this photo with us.
Last Modified Thursday, 16-Oct-2008 21:07:40 EDT
This Berks County genealogy Web site is part of the PAGenWeb Project and the USGenWeb Project.
© copyright 2004-2008 Nancy J. Freehafer for the Berks County PAGenWeb Project unless explicitly otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
Unless indicated otherwise in a particular page carrying this copyright notice, permission to use, copy, and distribute documents and related graphics delivered from this World Wide Web server (http://berks.pa-roots.com/) for non-commercial use is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear. All other rights reserved. Nancy J. Freehafer disclaims all warranties with regard to this information. The information described herein is provided as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.