[MassHistPres] Tour of homes by architect Horace Wadlin

[Jones, Clayton]

   All are welcome for a free walking tour of the exteriors of Reading houses designed by noted 
Reading and New England architect Horace Wadlin (1851-1925), including his own home on 
Woburn Street. 

   This informative walk will take place Sunday, October 15, beginning at 2 p.m. Meet at the Parker Tavern, the historic house museum of the Reading Antiquarian Society, at 103 Washington Street, located a block from the train station. The tour, led by Susan White, should last about 1 1/2 hours. Rain date is October 22.

    Wadlin was head librarian at the Boston Public Library and supervisor of the state census, among other positions, as well as architect for many New England buildings.  

Clayton Jones
Reading Historical Commission