Pagoda’s Lion Heads Removed & Replaced
In Oct 1971 the 20 original stone lion and dragon heads were removed from the roof of the Pagoda.… Read Full Article
Pagoda Lion Heads – On this Day | Oct 8th 1971
The Pagoda’s Outbuilding
Completed in 1908 at a cost of $50,000, this pagoda was intended to be the hotel/restaurant centerpiece of a luxury resort. When plans for the rest of the resort were abandoned, the 7-story wooden building on 10 acres of land was donated to Reading in 1911. It is now part of the Mount Penn Reserve, 1,595 acres of municipally-owned land. – Source
There was originally another building built just down from the Pagoda in the same style, and was know as an “Outbuilding”.… Read Full Article
Berks County Christmas – Day 24 – Blinking Pagoda
Merry Christmas Eve! When I was a child, I was always told to look to the Pagoda on Christmas Eve, and when it blinked, Santa was spotted nearby. That marked bedtime on Christmas Eve for countless children over the decades.
According to this WFMZ article,
… Read Full ArticleChildren in Reading and throughout Berks County will be looking up at the sky on Christmas Eve in anticipation of St.