History

” I am excited about the opportunity to start digitizing the Town of Reading Documents and pictures. The Reading Center Community Facebook page is also the location of many items that will have a permanent home on the Town of Reading Web site.  – Barbara Cullen-Chapman

Town Historian – Barbara Cullen- Chapman

Questions? Email me at Historian@townofreadingny.org

Historical Pictures

Town Reading Band 1887. Reading, NY Band, 4th July 1887

Taken in front of the Methodist Parsonage during a 4th of July Celebration.

The Band was organized by Dr. C. S. CARR, pastor of the Methodist church in the 1880s.

Blizzard of 1940 Town of Reading Highway Crew
Blizzard of 1940….Town of Reading Highway Dept.
1899 Peck-Sutton Family Reunion in the Town of Reading
1878 Irelandville Gully Bridge
1910 Townsend family of Reading Center
1961 Boy Scout Troup sponsored by the Reading Community Church
1946 Aerial View of Reading Center NY
1914
1920 Reading School House

Cemeteries