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In 1900, Hass left the Farr Company, and the Farr family recruited Edgar Wenner to replace him. The company was subsequently renamed Farr Brothers' and Co., and the pace of its growth stretched the capacity of its existing building, leading the company to developed the Farr Building, a new, larger, five-story building, on the same site.
Farr company manufactured, distributed and sold high-quality men's and women's shoes from 1862 to 1986. Redeveloped in the 2000s, now used for both retail and residential apartments. A historical plaque on the side of the building along N. 8th Street states that "On this site was located one of four hospitals for soldiers of the Continental Army."
Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County Trout Hall, built in 1770 by James Allen, son of Allentown founder William Allen, is one of the oldest houses in Allentown; from 1867 to 1905, it served as the home of Muhlenberg College The 24-story PPL Building in Center City Allentown, the city's tallest building PPL Center ...
Mount Airy Historic District, also known as Mount Airy Park, is a national historic district located at Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 27 contributing buildings in a residential area of Bethlehem. It includes large, ornate residences built between 1910 and 1930. A few date as early as 1895. [2]
The building used to be a Jewish synagogue, and the original stained glass windows can still be seen. It stands immediately adjacent to the main campus, across Brodhead Ave. The building is named after Harold S. Mohler, former chairman of The Hershey Company and chairman of the board of trustees at Lehigh from 1973 to 1985. The laboratory ...
Lebanon City Council members have taken steps to help renovate the former Bethlehem Steel building, with the owner planning to rejuvenate the structure into a space for local businesses to thrive.
The district encompasses buildings that reflect Bethlehem's development from a Moravian community between 1741 and 1844, to an industrial based economy from 1845 to the late 20th century. Notable non-residential buildings include several communal Moravian buildings, the George H. Myers Building, and the Hill to Hill Bridge.
This proposal was rejected by the Bethlehem City Council for clashing with the Historic District's architecture, as well as surpassing the four story limit for new construction in the district. [14] [16] The couple ended up selling the property to Lehigh University graduate Dallas Basha for $485,000. Basha proposed renovations to the crumbling ...