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South of Allentown on LR 39016, Little Lehigh Park, Allentown Map location: Historic wooden covered bridge located at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is a 145-foot-long (44 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1841. It has vertical plank siding and a gable roof.
Allen Park, located in the vicinity of Trout Hall, was the first city park in Allentown, although it did not become city property until 1908. [1] A 6.59-acre (26,700 m 2 ) park in what was a community trash pit and sandlot baseball field became Allen Park, the city's first public park [ 2 ] established in an upscale area of the city.
Sandbox, c. 1900 Park entrance, c. 1910. Central Park's origins date back to 1868, when J. Frank Reichart laid out a race course north of the Allentown-Bethlehem Turnpike at present-day Hanover Avenue in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which opened for trotting and pacing from May to August. In 1872, the Rittersville Park Association was organized.
Bogert Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is a 145-foot-long (44 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1841. It has vertical plank siding and a gable roof. It was restored by the Allentown Parks Department. [2]
There are 58 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. One site is further designated as a National Historic Landmark. Another property was once listed but has been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 10, 2025. [2]
There are three historic districts in Allentown: Old Allentown, the Old Fairgrounds, and West Park neighborhoods. Old Allentown and Old Fairgrounds are Center City neighborhoods that hold a joint house tour organized by Old Allentown Preservation Association annually in September. West Park neighborhood also offers a tour of this district's ...
Lehigh Parkway is a large, 629-acre public park along the Little Lehigh Creek in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the most prominent park in the city and follows the Little Lehigh Creek southward for three miles from center city Allentown to Cedar Crest Boulevard in neighboring Emmaus.
S 4th St. (PA 145), just S of W Mountain Rd., Allentown: Roadside Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Government & Politics 18th Century Allentown: September 3, 1947: MacArthur Rd. (PA 145) at N city line, just N of Sumner Ave. overpass, Allentown: Roadside American Revolution, Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Government & Politics Allentown