Pagoda (Reading, Pennsylvania)

The Pagoda is a novelty building, built atop the south end of Mount Penn overlooking Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.

When plans for the rest of the resort were abandoned, the 7-story wooden building on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land was donated to Reading in 1911.

Listed on the bell's sides in Japanese characters are the names of its 48 donors and a prophecy about the end of time.

[6] Anti-Japanese sentiment was rampant during World War II, and there were calls to demolish the building.

A webcam on its third floor periodically records and publishes the weather atop Mount Penn.

Court Street in downtown Reading , with the Pagoda in the background