Glenside

Glenside, a suburban town of Reading [note: now part of Reading] is situated in this district [originally part of Bern Township] immediately across the Schuylkill Avenue Bridge. Near it is the House of Good Shepherd, established by the Catholic Church in 1900 for the care of young girls. [1]

This city neighborhood borders on the Schuylkill River.

1. A. E. Wagner, Ph.D., F. W. Balthaser, M.E., and D.K. Hoch, The Story of Berks County Pennsylvania, Eagle Book ad Job Press, Reading, 1913

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Street Names: Allegheny Avenue, Blair Avenue, Carbon Street, Chester Street, Clarion Street, Columbia Avenue, Lackawanna Street, Luzerne Street, Schuylkill Avenue, Warren Street Bypass, Wayne Street