| Red Men Hall | |
| Location: | 831 Walnut Street Reading, Pennsylvania 19601 |
| Coordinates: | 40.3392°N -75.9225°W |
| Built: | 1900 |
| Architect: | Muhlenberg Brothers |
| Architecture: | American Craftsman, Renaissance Revival |
| Added: | July 27, 2000 |
| Refnum: | 00000843[1] |
The Red Men Hall, later known as Century Hall, is a historic four-story building located in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The building originally served as a meeting place for the local lodge or "wigwam" of the Improved Order of Red Men. The Red Men are a fraternal organization which imitate perceived Native American customs.[2] However, this location consisted exclusively of German Americans.[3] The organization had numerous chapters in Pennsylvania beginning in the nineteenth century.[4]
Constructed by the Red Men in 1900, the four-story brick facade building displays American Craftsman style architectural designs with Renaissance Revival elements, and includes decorative tiles by Henry Chapman Mercer. Later, the structure served as a rental hall called Century Hall, capitalizing on the building being built at the turn of the century.[5]
The National Register of Historic Places added the structure in 2000. The building now consists of 15 low-income senior housing units.[6]