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Charles S. Foos Elementary School

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Charles S. Foos Elementary School, also known as Douglass and Weiser School, is a historic elementary school building located at Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1903 and was expanded and renovated in 1912. A small addition was built in 1921. It was originally in the Romanesque Revival style, but transformed to the Classical Revival style with the renovations. The C-shaped brick building contains 21 classrooms and an auditorium that seats over 200. The school closed in 1979. Note: This includes Part of the very large school building is now a nursery school, and part condominiums. Read more on Wikipedia

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