History & local legend
Reading City Hall at 815 Washington Street occupies a building formerly used as a boys' high school. Its conversion to municipal use culminated in the dedication of the new City Hall in July 1929.
The Pennsylvania Researchers Organization collected stories about two figures inside: a woman looking through a small window in a door and a man wearing a gray suit on the second floor. Other reports describe footsteps with no visible walker and doors opening before slamming shut.
Sources
- Pennsylvania Researchers Organization, Berks County database, Reading City Hall entry, recorded by 2008
- George E. Thomas, Reading City Hall (Reading High School), Society of Architectural Historians, describes the adaptation and Paul Kase’s windows
- GoReadingBerks, City Hall, dedication date and second-floor corridor and council chamber
- City of Reading, Citizens Service Center, confirms 815 Washington Street
