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Allentown is one of the oldest major cities in the United States with deep roots in the nation's history. The city was the hiding place of the Liberty Bell for nine months during the American Revolutionary War, and the city's oldest cemetery includes the gravesites of American patriots who served in the Continental Army, Union Army, and later wars.
The Old Allentown Historic District was established on September 6, 1978, by City Ordinance #12314 and was certified by the Pennsylvania State Historical and Museum Commission on September 26, 1978. The neighborhood was laid out in the original plan for Allentown by order of William Allen in 1762, and developed as Allentown grew northward and ...
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 ...
Media in category "History of Allentown, Pennsylvania" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Central Park Sign - 1964.jpg 362 × 275; 40 KB
Trout Hall (1770), A colonial stone mansion and the home of James Allen, son of Allentown's founder, William Allen. 4th and Walnut Streets, Allentown; Troxell-Steckel Farm Museum (1756), Pennsylvania Dutch stone farmhouse, one of Lehigh County's oldest structures. 4229 Reliance Street, off Route 329, in Egypt, Whitehall Township
Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Allenschteddel, Allenschtadt, or Ellsdaun) is the county seat of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. [9] It is the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania with a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census and the most populous city in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area ...
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The Old Lehigh County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at 503 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [ 1 ]