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The Sun Inn received its first license from King George III. The original part of the building was built in 1758 as a 66-by-40-foot (20 by 12 m), two-story, stone building with a mansard roof. At that time, the Moravian missionary community in Bethlehem was located on the western frontier of colonial America.
George's IGA Foodliner opened in 1967 and Hess's was built on the site in 1971. [11] [12] Westgate Mall was built in 1973 and opened with 40 tenants. [10] [13] On February 12, 1977 a three-alarm fire occurred at the Westgate Mall causing the loss of 18 stores and injuries to several firefighters. The fire only stopped due to a firewall and was ...
The Historic Moravian Bethlehem Historic District encompasses a complex of the oldest surviving buildings in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.The National Historic Landmark District is a subset of the larger Central Bethlehem Historic District which is specifically focused on the early buildings constructed by the Moravians, who settled the city in the 18th century.
The Bethlehem Hotel Corporation built the new Bethlehem Hotel starting in 1921 with funding from Charles M. Schwab and others at Bethlehem Steel, and it was opened in 1922. [2] In 1936, military artist George Gray painted a set of murals, commissioned by General J. Leslie Kincaid, to serve as decor in the hotel taproom. Today these murals are ...
Navarre's Christmas in Bethlehem on Nov. 10 and 11 is to include a community parade, Santa Claus visit and a business open house. Christmas in Navarre returning with new name and activities Skip ...
The two parties that were interested in buying the three churches were Lehigh University and the municipal government of Bethlehem. The city's effort, spearheaded by mayor J. William Reynolds, sought to purchase, and then demolish the churches and turn them into parking lots for the Bethlehem Parking authority. Despite the $3.75 million offer ...
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781, making it the second-largest city in the Lehigh Valley after Allentown and the seventh-largest city in the state. [6]
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