Brooke Mansion, Birdsboro

Name: Brooke Mansion
Address: Birdsboro, United States

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The Edward Brooke II Mansion, also known as "Brookeholm," is a Queen Anne country house at 301 Washington Street in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect Frank Furness and completed in 1888, it was Edward Brooke II's wedding present to his bride, Anne Louise Clingan. ()

Completed: 1888 (136 years ago)Architectural style: Queen Anne style architectureCoordinates: 40°15'38"N, 75°48'45"W

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Brooke Mansion – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pagoda, Kesher Zion, Bethel A.M.E. Church, French Creek State Park.

7.2 miNW
Architecture, Pagoda, Novelty architecture
Pagoda, Reading
183 min walk • The Pagoda is a novelty building, built atop the south end of Mount Penn overlooking Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. It has been a symbol of the city for more than a century.
7.2 miNW
Synagogue
Kesher Zion, Reading
183 min walk • Kesher Zion is a Conservative Jewish congregation in Reading, Pennsylvania. Congregations B'nai Zion and Kesher Israel merged to form Kesher Zion in 1929. In April 1978, vandals painted seven swastikas on the walls, doors, and columns of the synagogue.
7.7 miNW
Museum, Church
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Reading
197 min walk • Bethel A.M.E. Church, now known as the Central Pennsylvania African American Museum, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 119 North 10th Street in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was originally built in 1837, and is a 2½-storey brick and stucco building with a gable roof.
3.7 miSE
National park
French Creek State Park
94 min walk • French Creek State Park is a 7,977-acre Pennsylvania state park in North Coventry and Warwick Townships in Chester County and Robeson and Union Townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
0.5 miNE
40°15'59"N • 75°48'26"W
Birdsboro Community Memorial Center, Birdsboro
13 min walk • Memorial
6.7 miNW
Bridge
Lindbergh Viaduct, Reading
172 min walk • Lindbergh Viaduct is a historic concrete arch bridge located at Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a multiple span 866-foot-long, open-spandrel concrete arch bridge with 13 spans, constructed in 1927.