List of historic places in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Trout Hall, built in 1770 by James Allen (son of Allentown founder William Allen), is the oldest house in Allentown.

Below is a list of major historical and notable sites in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Locations

National Register of Historic Places

Added 1988 - NRHP #88000870
Corner of 8th and Union Streets
Map location: 40°35′47″N 075°28′16″W / 40.59639°N 75.47111°W / 40.59639; -75.47111 (Albertus L. Meyers Bridge)
Citation[1][2][3]
Added 2004, NHRP: #04000402
1524 West Linden Street
Map location: 40°35′54″N 075°29′23″W / 40.59833°N 75.48972°W / 40.59833; -75.48972 (Allentown Masonic Temple)
Citation[1][3][4]
Also known as: Meridian Bank
Added 2005 - NHRP: #05001490
13-17 North Seventh Street
Map location: 40°36′10″N 075°28′18″W / 40.60278°N 75.47167°W / 40.60278; -75.47167 (Allentown National Bank)
Citation[1][3][5][6]
Added 1984 - NHRP: #84003454
541 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′11″N 075°28′11″W / 40.60306°N 75.46972°W / 40.60306; -75.46972 (Americus Hotel)
Citation[1][3][6]
Added 1980 - NHRP: #80003552
S of Allentown on LR 39016, Little Lehigh Park, Allentown
Map location: 40°34′08″N 075°29′54″W / 40.56889°N 75.49833°W / 40.56889; -75.49833 (Bogert Covered Bridge)
Citation[1][3][6][7]
Also known as First Valley Bank
Added 1985 - NRHP: #85000036
12 North 7th Street
Map location: 40°36′09″N 075°28′19″W / 40.60250°N 75.47194°W / 40.60250; -75.47194 (Dime Savings and Trust Company)
Citation[1][3][8]
  • Dorneyville Crossroad Settlement (1756)
Also known as King George Inn, John Dorney House, William Dorney House
Added 1977 - NHRP: #77001172
3141 Hamilton Boulevard
Map location: 40°34′44″N 075°31′16″W / 40.57889°N 75.52111°W / 40.57889; -75.52111 (Dorneyville Crossroad Settlement)
Citation[9][9]
Added 1985 - NRHP: #85001966
427-443 Auburn Street
Map location: 40°35′46″N 075°27′49″W / 40.59611°N 75.46361°W / 40.59611; -75.46361 (Gauff-Roth House)
Citation[1][3]
  • Haines Mill (1760)
Also known as Haines Mill Museum
Added 1985 - NRHP: #85001966
432 West Walnut Street
Map location: 40°35′02″N 075°31′57″W / 40.58389°N 75.53250°W / 40.58389; -75.53250 (Haines Mill Museum)
Citation[10]
Also known as Zion Reformed, Zion United Church of Christ
Added 1983 - NRHP: #83002259)
Liberty Bell Museum
620 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′08″N 075°28′13″W / 40.60222°N 75.47028°W / 40.60222; -75.47028 (Zion's Church)
Citation[1][3][6][11]
Added 1984 - NHRP: #84003469
343-345 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′17″N 075°27′46″W / 40.60472°N 75.46278°W / 40.60472; -75.46278 (Hotel Sterling)
Citation[1][3]
  • Lehigh Canal; Allentown to Hopeville Section (1829)
Added 1979 - NHRP: #79002307
Along east bank of Lehigh River
Map location: 40°36′27″N 075°27′12″W / 40.60750°N 75.45333°W / 40.60750; -75.45333 (Lehigh Canal)
Citation[12]
  • Lehigh County Prison (1869)
Added 1998 - NHRP: #81000549
North 4th and West Linden Streets
Map location: 40°36′17″N 075°28′00″W / 40.60472°N 75.46667°W / 40.60472; -75.46667 (Lehigh County Prison)
Citation[13]
Added 1980 - NRHP: #80003554
401 North Front Street
Map location: 40°36′40″N 075°27′29″W / 40.61111°N 75.45806°W / 40.61111; -75.45806 (Neuweiler Brewery)
Citation[1][3][14]
  • Nonnemaker House (abt 1790)
Also known as Thomas Mewhorter House
Added 1973 - NRHP: #73002281
301 South Lehigh Street
Map location: 40°35′56″N 075°28′05″W / 40.59889°N 75.46806°W / 40.59889; -75.46806 (Nonnemaker House)
Citation[15]
Added 1981 - NRHP: #81000550
503 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′12″N 075°28′06″W / 40.60333°N 75.46833°W / 40.60333; -75.46833 (Lehigh County Court House (Historical))
Citation[1][3][6][16]
Added 1973 - NRHP: #78002425
414 West Walnut Street
Map location: 40°36′06″N 075°27′54″W / 40.60167°N 75.46500°W / 40.60167; -75.46500 (Trout Hall)
Citation[1][3][6]
Added 1978 - NRHP: #79002288
605-613 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′10″N 075°28′14″W / 40.60278°N 75.47056°W / 40.60278; -75.47056 (Zollinger-Harned Company)
Citation[1][3][6]

Notable landmarks

  • Adams Island (1828)
Island on Lehigh River, accessed via Adams Island Road from North Bradford Street
Map location: 40°36′50″N 075°27′14″W / 40.61389°N 75.45389°W / 40.61389; -75.45389 (Adams Island)
Citation[17]
  • Allen Infantry (First Defenders) Memorial (1925)
Located at West Park in Allentown
Map location: 40°35′58″N 075°29′23″W / 40.59944°N 75.48972°W / 40.59944; -75.48972 (Allen Infantry Memorial)
Citation[18]
31 North 5th Street
Map location: 40°36′15″N 075°28′05″W / 40.60417°N 75.46806°W / 40.60417; -75.46806 (Allentown Art Museum)
Citation[19]
  • Allentown City Hall (1962)
435 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′14″N 075°28′00″W / 40.60389°N 75.46667°W / 40.60389; -75.46667 (Allentown City Hall)
Location of Allentown government offices, Mayor's office, City Council, and City Departments.
  • Allentown Cemetery Park (1765)
Old Allentown Cemetery (1846)
North side of West Linden Street between Fountain and North 10th streets
Map location: 40°36′10″N 075°28′40″W / 40.60278°N 75.47778°W / 40.60278; -75.47778 (Allentown Cemetery Park)
Citation[3]
Northwest Corner of 17th and Chew Streets
Map location: 40°36′03″N 075°29′50″W / 40.60083°N 75.49722°W / 40.60083; -75.49722 (Allentown Fairgrounds)
Citation[20]
  • Allentown Post Office (1934)
442 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′11″N 075°28′02″W / 40.60306°N 75.46722°W / 40.60306; -75.46722 (Allentown Post Office)
Citation[21]
  • Allentown Public Library (1912)
1210 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°35′56″N 075°28′55″W / 40.59889°N 75.48194°W / 40.59889; -75.48194 (Allentown Public Library)
Citation[22]
  • Allentown Rose Garden (1929)
2750 Parkway Boulevard
Map location: 40°35′32″N 075°30′54″W / 40.59222°N 75.51500°W / 40.59222; -75.51500 (Allentown Rose Garden)
A Rose Garden, is known for their All America Rose Selections.
  • Alliance Hall (1928)
245 North 6th Street
Map location: 40°36′25″N 075°28′17″W / 40.60694°N 75.47139°W / 40.60694; -75.47139 (Alliance Hall)
Citation[23][24][25]
5 North Front Street
Map location: 40°36′24″N 075°27′24″W / 40.60667°N 75.45667°W / 40.60667; -75.45667 (America On Wheels)
Citation[26]
510 West Linden Street
Map location: 40°36′15″N 075°28′08″W / 40.60417°N 75.46889°W / 40.60417; -75.46889 (Baum School of Art)
Citation[27]
  • Philip and Muriel Berman Sculpture Park (1980)
1243 South Cedar Crest Blvd., Lehigh Valley Hospital
Map location: 40°33′53″N 075°31′09″W / 40.56472°N 75.51917°W / 40.56472; -75.51917 (Philip and Muriel Berman Sculpture Park)
Citation[28]
510 West Linden Street
Map location: 40°35′15″N 075°28′32″W / 40.58750°N 75.47556°W / 40.58750; -75.47556 (Bicentennial Park)
Citation[29][30]
  • Breinig & Bachman Building (1894)
544-546 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′09″N 075°28′10″W / 40.60250°N 75.46944°W / 40.60250; -75.46944 (Breinig & Bachman Building)
Citation[31]
  • Buchman House (1877)
117 North 11th Street
Map location: 40°36′15″N 075°28′50″W / 40.60417°N 75.48056°W / 40.60417; -75.48056 (Buchman House)
Citation[3]
  • Butz-Groff House (1872)
111 North 4th Street
Map location: 40°36′21″N 075°27′57″W / 40.60583°N 75.46583°W / 40.60583; -75.46583 (Butz-Groff House)
Citation[3]
  • Cathedral Church of Saint Catharine of Siena (1954)
1825 West Turner Street
Map location: 40°35′55″N 075°29′47″W / 40.59861°N 75.49639°W / 40.59861; -75.49639 (Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena)
Citation[32]
100 College Drive
Map location: 40°35′13″N 075°31′12″W / 40.58694°N 75.52000°W / 40.58694; -75.52000 (Cedar Crest College)
Citation[33]
  • Center Square (1762)
Intersection of 7th and West Hamilton Streets
Map location: 40°36′08″N 075°28′18″W / 40.60222°N 75.47167°W / 40.60222; -75.47167 (Center Square)
Citation[34]
1050 Iron Pigs Way
Map location: 40°37′33″N 075°27′08″W / 40.62583°N 75.45222°W / 40.62583; -75.45222 (Coca-Cola Park)
Citation[35]
3145 Hamilton Boulevard Bypass
Map location: 40°35′02″N 075°31′19″W / 40.58389°N 75.52194°W / 40.58389; -75.52194 (Da Vinci Science Center)
Citation[36]
3830 Dorney Park Road
Map location: 40°34′47″N 075°31′53″W / 40.57972°N 75.53139°W / 40.57972; -75.53139 (Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom)
Citation[37]
739 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°28′24″W / 40.60194°N 75.47333°W / 40.60194; -75.47333 (Farr Building)
Citation[6]
  • Fairview Cemetery (1870)
South Lehigh and South 8th Streets
Map location: 40°35′32″N 075°28′19″W / 40.59222°N 75.47194°W / 40.59222; -75.47194 (Fairview Cemetery)
Burial site of General Harry C. Trexler.
  • Hamilton Street Bridge (1959)
Hamilton and Front Street
Map location: 40°36′22″N 075°27′15″W / 40.60611°N 75.45417°W / 40.60611; -75.45417 (Hamilton Street Bridge)
Citation[17][38][39]
  • Hotel Penn (1895 Hotel) (1866)
101 North Seventh Street
Map location: 40°36′13″N 075°28′19″W / 40.60361°N 75.47194°W / 40.60361; -75.47194 (Hotel Penn (1895 Hotel))
Citation[40]
2001-2025 West Linden Street
Map location: 40°35′45″N 075°30′05″W / 40.59583°N 75.50139°W / 40.59583; -75.50139 (J. Birney Crum Stadium)
Citation[41]
  • Jewish Community Center (1958)
North 22d and West Tilghman Streets
Map location: 40°36′13″N 075°30′31″W / 40.60361°N 75.50861°W / 40.60361; -75.50861 (Jewish Community Center)
Citation[42]
  • John T. Gross Towers (1967)
1339 West Allen Street
Map location: 40°36′26″N 075°29′22″W / 40.60722°N 75.48944°W / 40.60722; -75.48944 (John T. Gross Towers)
Citation[43]
  • Kline's Bridge (1902)
Lehigh Parkway on Park Drive
Map location: 40°34′45″N 075°29′39″W / 40.57917°N 75.49417°W / 40.57917; -75.49417 (Kline's Bridge)
Citation[44]
  • Lehigh County Court House (1962)
455 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′13″N 075°28′03″W / 40.60361°N 75.46750°W / 40.60361; -75.46750 (Lehigh County Court House)
Seat of Lehigh County government.
Lehigh County Heritage Center (2010)
432 West Walnut Street
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°27′57″W / 40.60194°N 75.46583°W / 40.60194; -75.46583 (Lehigh County Historical Society)
Citation[45]
Map location: 40°34′56″N 075°29′00″W / 40.58222°N 75.48333°W / 40.58222; -75.48333 (Lehigh Parkway)
Citation[6]
  • Lehigh Parkway Fish Hatchery (1883)
2901 Fish Hatchery Road
Map location: 40°33′52″N 075°30′46″W / 40.56444°N 75.51278°W / 40.56444; -75.51278 (Lehigh Parkway Fish Hatchery)
Citation[6]
  • Lehigh Portland Cement Company (Portland Place) (1902)
714-720 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′06″N 075°28′20″W / 40.60167°N 75.47222°W / 40.60167; -75.47222 (Lehigh Portland Cement Company)
Citation[3]
  • Lehigh Valley Trust Company (1911)
634-636 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°28′15″W / 40.60194°N 75.47083°W / 40.60194; -75.47083 (Lehigh Valley Trust Company)
Citation[3]
  • Livingston Apartments (1928)
1411 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°35′54″N 075°29′11″W / 40.59833°N 75.48639°W / 40.59833; -75.48639 (Livingston Apartments)
Citation[46]
  • Linden Street Bridge (1884)
West Linden Street between North 4th and Race Streets
Map location: 40°36′20″N 075°27′53″W / 40.60556°N 75.46472°W / 40.60556; -75.46472 (Linden Street Bridge)
Citation[47]
  • Mack Trucks Historical Museum (2010)
2402 Lehigh Parkway South
Map location: 40°34′18″N 075°29′39″W / 40.57167°N 75.49417°W / 40.57167; -75.49417 (Mack Trucks Historical Museum)
Citation[48][49]
  • Martin Art Gallery (2010)
2400 West Chew Street
Map location: 40°35′46″N 075°30′34″W / 40.59611°N 75.50944°W / 40.59611; -75.50944 (Martin Art Gallery)
Citation[50]
  • Merchants Square Model Train Exhibit (2013)
Merchants Square Mall, 1901 South 12th Street
Map location: 40°34′39″N 075°28′27″W / 40.57750°N 75.47417°W / 40.57750; -75.47417 (Merchants Square Model Train Exhibit)
Citation[51]
23 North 6th Street
Map location: 40°36′13″N 075°28′11″W / 40.60361°N 75.46972°W / 40.60361; -75.46972 (Miller Symphony Hall)
Citation[3][52]
2400 West Chew Street
Map location: 40°35′51″N 075°30′36″W / 40.59750°N 75.51000°W / 40.59750; -75.51000 (Muhlenberg College)
Citation[53][54]
2825 Fish Hatchery Road
Map location: 40°33′49″N 075°30′45″W / 40.56361°N 75.51250°W / 40.56361; -75.51250 (Museum of Indian Culture)
Citation[55]
527 North 19th Street
Map location: 40°36′11″N 075°29′59″W / 40.60306°N 75.49972°W / 40.60306; -75.49972 (19th Street Theater)
Citation[56]
  • Overhill Road Bridge (1931)
Lehigh Parkway on Overhill Road
Map location: 40°35′17″N 075°29′16″W / 40.58806°N 75.48778°W / 40.58806; -75.48778 (Overhill Road Bridge)
Citation[57]
  • The Paddock (1948)
1945 West Columbia Street
Map location: 40°37′02″N 075°30′30″W / 40.61722°N 75.50833°W / 40.61722; -75.50833 (The Paddock)
Citation[58]
410 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Map location: 40°36′02″N 075°27′48″W / 40.60056°N 75.46333°W / 40.60056; -75.46333 (Parkettes)
Citation[59]
Southwest Corner of 7th Street and West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′09″N 075°28′22″W / 40.60250°N 75.47278°W / 40.60250; -75.47278 (PPL Center)
Citation[60]
  • Pennsylvania Power and Light Building (1928)
Northwest Corner of 9th Street and West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′05″N 075°28′34″W / 40.60139°N 75.47611°W / 40.60139; -75.47611 (PP&L)
Citation[61]
  • Pines Dinner Theater (2011)
448 North 17th Street
Map location: 40°36′10″N 075°29′44″W / 40.60278°N 75.49556°W / 40.60278; -75.49556 (Pines Dinner Theater)
Citation[62]
1730 Vultee St
Map location: 40°34′13″N 075°29′17″W / 40.57028°N 75.48806°W / 40.57028; -75.48806 (Queen City Airport)
Citation[63]
  • Reading Road Bridge (1824)
South St. Elmo and West Walnut Street
Map location: 40°35′37″N 075°29′55″W / 40.59361°N 75.49861°W / 40.59361; -75.49861 (Reading Road Bridge)
Citation[64]
  • Saint Paul's Lutheran Church (1903)
36 South Eighth Street
Map location: 40°36′02″N 075°28′24″W / 40.60056°N 75.47333°W / 40.60056; -75.47333 (Saint Paul's Lutheran Church)
Citation[38]
  • Salisbury Church Bridge (1870)
Devonshire and Keystone Roads
Map location: 40°33′21″N 075°30′26″W / 40.55583°N 75.50722°W / 40.55583; -75.50722 (Salisbury Church Bridge)
Citation[65]
  • Samuel Adams Brewing Company (1971)
7880 Penn Drive, Breinigsville, 18031
Map location: 40°34′37″N 075°37′46″W / 40.57694°N 75.62944°W / 40.57694; -75.62944 (Samuel Adams Brewery)
Citation[66]
  • Schreibers Bridge (1828)
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Lehigh Parkway East
Map location: 40°35′23″N 075°29′17″W / 40.58972°N 75.48806°W / 40.58972; -75.48806 (Schreibers Bridge)
Citation[67]
  • Shankweiler's Drive-In Theater (1934)
Shankweiler's Hotels and Restaurants
4540 Shankweiler Road, Orefield (1926-1993)
Map location: 40°38′41″N 075°35′40″W / 40.64472°N 75.59444°W / 40.64472; -75.59444 (Shankweiler's Drive-In Theater)
Intersection PA 100 and PA 1022, Fogelsville (1932-1993)
Map location: 40°35′05″N 075°37′33″W / 40.58472°N 75.62583°W / 40.58472; -75.62583 (Shankweiler's Restaurant)
Citation[68][69]
Greenspace located at College Heights Boulevard, North 28th and West Tilghman Street
Map location: 40°35′58″N 075°31′10″W / 40.59944°N 75.51944°W / 40.59944; -75.51944 (Spanish American War Statue)
A statue created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson.
  • Tilghman Street Viaduct (1929)
Front and Tilghman Streets
Map location: 40°37′02″N 075°27′25″W / 40.61722°N 75.45694°W / 40.61722; -75.45694 (Tilghman Street Viaduct)
Citation[17][70]
  • Traylor Hotel (1917)
1444 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°35′51″N 075°29′14″W / 40.59750°N 75.48722°W / 40.59750; -75.48722 (Traylor Hotel)
Citation[71][72]
  • Union and West End Cemetery (1854)
Between North 10th and 12th Streets along West Chew Street
Map location: 40°36′18″N 075°28′57″W / 40.60500°N 75.48250°W / 40.60500; -75.48250 (Union and West End Cemetery)
Citation[73][74]
  • Waidlich Building (1926)
Map location: 40°36′10″N 075°28′14″W / 40.60278°N 75.47056°W / 40.60278; -75.47056 (Waidlich Building)
627-629 West Hamilton Street
Citation[75]
  • Ward Street (Fifteenth Street) Bridge (1957)
Map location: 40°35′28″N 075°28′59″W / 40.59111°N 75.48306°W / 40.59111; -75.48306 (Ward Street Bridges)
Citation[76]
  • West End Hotel (1900)
1327-1331 West Chew Street
Map location: 40°36′10″N 075°29′13″W / 40.60278°N 75.48694°W / 40.60278; -75.48694 (West End Hotel)
Early 1900s hotel/rooming house in Allentown's west end.
  • West Park (1908)
1550 West Turner Street
Map location: 40°35′57″N 075°29′26″W / 40.59917°N 75.49056°W / 40.59917; -75.49056 (West Park)
Citation[77]
100 College Drive
Map location: 40°35′13″N 075°31′22″W / 40.58694°N 75.52278°W / 40.58694; -75.52278 (William F. Curtis Arboretum)
Citation[78]
  • YMCA & YWCA of Allentown (1963)
425 South 15th Street
Map location: 40°35′33″N 075°29′05″W / 40.59250°N 75.48472°W / 40.59250; -75.48472 (YMCA & YWCA of Allentown)
Citation[38]
625 West Liberty Street
Map location: 40°36′34″N 075°28′27″W / 40.60944°N 75.47417°W / 40.60944; -75.47417 (Yocco's Hot Dogs)
Local restaurant chain known for its hot dogs, founded by Theodore Iacocca, uncle of former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca. Yocco’s also serves the standard fare of hamburgers, cheeseburgers and cheesesteaks
  • Zandy's Steak Shop (1936)
Park Theater (1932-1956, 370 Seats)
823 St John Street
Map location: 40°35′29″N 075°28′11″W / 40.59139°N 75.46972°W / 40.59139; -75.46972 (Zandy's Steak Shop/Park Theater)
Third Generation family restaurant, known locally for its food.

Significant legacy historical sites

2001 Union Boulevard
Map location: 40°37′33″N 075°25′32″W / 40.62583°N 75.42556°W / 40.62583; -75.42556 (A-Treat Bottling Company)
Citation[79][80]
  • Acorn Hotel (1910-1995)
513-515 South Lehigh Street
Map location: 40°35′43″N 075°27′59″W / 40.59528°N 75.46639°W / 40.59528; -75.46639 (Acorn Hotel)
Citation[81]
  • Adelaide Silk Mill (1881-1985)
333 West Court Street
Map location: 40°36′19″N 075°27′49″W / 40.60528°N 75.46361°W / 40.60528; -75.46361 (Adelaide Silk Mill)
Citation[82][83]
  • Aineyville Viaduct (1893-1953)
Connected St. John Street across Trout Creek in SE Allentown
Map location: 40°35′35″N 075°27′41″W / 40.59306°N 75.46139°W / 40.59306; -75.46139 (Aineyville Viaduct)
Citation[84][85]
608-610 North New Street
Map location: 40°36′33″N 075°28′51″W / 40.60917°N 75.48083°W / 40.60917; -75.48083 (Allen Theater)
Citation[6]
Astor Theater (1931-49, 700 Seats)
1719 Hanover Avenue
Map location: 40°37′14″N 075°25′46″W / 40.62056°N 75.42944°W / 40.62056; -75.42944 (Astor Theater)
Depression-era theater
Hamilton Theater (1915-1945, 460 Seats)
201 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′20″N 075°27′36″W / 40.60556°N 75.46000°W / 40.60556; -75.46000 (Hamilton Theater)
Originally opened in 1915
Madison Theater (1919-1931, 400 Seats)
1333-1335 West Chew Street
Map location: 40°36′10″N 075°29′14″W / 40.60278°N 75.48722°W / 40.60278; -75.48722 (Little Theater)
Opened shortly after World War I
  • Allentown Boiler Works (1883-1931)
300 Block West Union Street
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°27′49″W / 40.60194°N 75.46361°W / 40.60194; -75.46361 (Allentown Boiler Works)
Citation[86][87]
  • Allentown and Reading Traction Company (1902-1929)
Map location: 40°35′38″N 075°29′51″W / 40.59389°N 75.49750°W / 40.59389; -75.49750 (Allentown and Reading Traction Company)
Citation[88]
  • Allentown Female College (1867-1964)
North Fourth and West Turner Streets
Map location: 40°36′24″N 075°27′59″W / 40.60667°N 75.46639°W / 40.60667; -75.46639 (Allentown Female College)
Citation[89]
  • Allentown Horse Exchange and Bazaar (1870-1925)
South Church and Maple Streets
Map location: 40°35′44″N 075°27′57″W / 40.59556°N 75.46583°W / 40.59556; -75.46583 (Allentown Horse Exchange)
Citation[6][90]
  • Allentown Paint Company (1855-1995)
639 East Allen Street
Map location: 40°37′01″N 075°26′48″W / 40.61694°N 75.44667°W / 40.61694; -75.44667 (Allentown Paint Company)
Citation[91]
306 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′16″N 075°27′44″W / 40.60444°N 75.46222°W / 40.60444; -75.46222 (Allentown Railroad Station)
Citation[17][92]
1600 Hanover Avenue
Map location: 40°36′53″N 075°25′47″W / 40.61472°N 75.42972°W / 40.61472; -75.42972 (Allentown State Hospital)
Citation[93]
  • Allentown Trust Company (1905-1932)
527 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′11″N 075°28′07″W / 40.60306°N 75.46861°W / 40.60306; -75.46861 (The Allentown Trust Company)
Citation[94]
  • American Steel and Wire Company (1885-1943)
300 Block of Lehigh Street
Map location: 40°35′46″N 075°27′58″W / 40.59611°N 75.46611°W / 40.59611; -75.46611 (American Steel and Wire Company)
Citation[95]
  • Apple Hill Ski Area (1962-1978)
Kernsville Road @ Kern's Dam, Kernsville
Map location: 40°37′58″N 075°36′28″W / 40.63278°N 75.60778°W / 40.63278; -75.60778 (Apple Hill Ski Area)
Citation[96][97]
North Front and West Hamilton Streets
Map location: 40°36′29″N 075°27′22″W / 40.60806°N 75.45611°W / 40.60806; -75.45611 (Arbogast & Bastian)
Citation[98][99]
  • Boyd Theater (1928-1972)
28 North Ninth Street
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°28′34″W / 40.60194°N 75.47611°W / 40.60194; -75.47611 (Boyd Theater)
Citation[100][101]
Northwest Corner of 17th and West Chew Streets
Map location: 40°36′05″N 075°29′51″W / 40.60139°N 75.49750°W / 40.60139; -75.49750 (Camp Crane)
Citation[6]
  • Capri Theater (1927-1981)
535 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′11″N 075°28′09″W / 40.60306°N 75.46917°W / 40.60306; -75.46917 (Capri Theater)
Opened in 1927 as the Peoples Theater
  • Center Square Comfort Stations (1919-1972)
Southeast corner, North 7th and West Hamilton Streets
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°28′17″W / 40.60194°N 75.47139°W / 40.60194; -75.47139 (Center Square Comfort Stations)
Citation[102]
North Wahneta Street
Map location: 40°37′19″N 075°25′14″W / 40.62194°N 75.42056°W / 40.62194; -75.42056 (Central Park)
Citation[103]
  • A. Jack Coffield Stadium (1929-1947)
North 18th and West Turner Streets
Map location: 40°35′54″N 075°29′42″W / 40.59833°N 75.49500°W / 40.59833; -75.49500 (A. Jack Coffield Stadium)
Citation[104][105][106]
  • Colonial Barbershop (1932-1998)[107]
538 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′09″N 075°28′09″W / 40.60250°N 75.46917°W / 40.60250; -75.46917 (Colonial Barbershop)
Citation[108][109]
513-17 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′12″N 075°28′07″W / 40.60333°N 75.46861°W / 40.60333; -75.46861 (Colonial Theater)
Citation[6]
  • Drive-In Theaters
Classic, post World War II outdoor Drive-in theaters
Airport Drive-In Theater (1950-1964)
Airport Road and US. 22
Map location: 40°38′29″N 075°25′53″W / 40.64139°N 75.43139°W / 40.64139; -75.43139 (Airport Drive-In)
Citation[110]
Boulevard Drive-In Theater (1949-1985)
556 Union Boulevard
Map location: 40°37′13″N 075°27′00″W / 40.62028°N 75.45000°W / 40.62028; -75.45000 (Boulevard Drive-In)
Citation[6]
Super Skyway Drive-In (1961-1980)
Crackersport and Blue Barn Roads, Kuhnsville
Map location: 40°35′39″N 075°35′15″W / 40.59417°N 75.58750°W / 40.59417; -75.58750 (Super Skyway Drive-In)
Citation[111][112]
West End Drive-in Theater (1954-1976)
Route 22 at N.15th Street Exit
Map location: 40°37′13″N 075°30′07″W / 40.62028°N 75.50194°W / 40.62028; -75.50194 (West End Drive-in)
Citation[113]
  • Dorney Furniture Company (1885-1973)
612 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′08″N 075°28′12″W / 40.60222°N 75.47000°W / 40.60222; -75.47000 (Dorney Furniture Company)
Citation[114]
  • Dubbs Memorial United Church of Christ (1902-2015)
457 West Allen Street
Map location: 40°36′42″N 075°28′18″W / 40.61167°N 75.47167°W / 40.61167; -75.47167 (Dubbs Memorial UCC)
Citation[115]
  • Duck Farm and Hotel (1883-1925)
2033 Reading Road
Map location: 40°35′37″N 075°29′58″W / 40.59361°N 75.49944°W / 40.59361; -75.49944 (Duck Farm and Hotel)
Citation[116]
  • Earle Theater (1927-1961)
20 North 8th Street
Map location: 40°36′08″N 075°28′27″W / 40.60222°N 75.47417°W / 40.60222; -75.47417 (Earle Theater)
Citation[117]
  • Fenstermacher & Rems Company (1922-1963)
1415 West Chew Street
Map location: 40°36′09″N 075°29′18″W / 40.60250°N 75.48833°W / 40.60250; -75.48833 (Fenstermacher & Rems Company)
Early car and truck dealer in Allentown
  • Food Fair (1953-1970)
1501 Lehigh Street
Map location: 40°34′47″N 075°28′46″W / 40.57972°N 75.47944°W / 40.57972; -75.47944 (Food Fair - Lehigh Street)
1401 West Allen Street
Map location: 40°36′25″N 075°29′26″W / 40.60694°N 75.49056°W / 40.60694; -75.49056 (Food Fair - Allen Street)
Citation[118]
  • Fountain Brewery Hotel (1869-1948)
16 South 8th Street
Map location: 40°36′04″N 075°28′24″W / 40.60111°N 75.47333°W / 40.60111; -75.47333 (Fountain Brewery Hotel)
Citation[119]
  • Franklin Theater (1913-2008, 700 Seats)
429 West Tilghman Street
Map location: 40°36′48″N 075°28′16″W / 40.61333°N 75.47111°W / 40.61333; -75.47111 (Franklin Theater)
Citation[120]
  • Freeman's Dairy (1927-1986)
737 North 13th Street
Map location: 40°36′34″N 075°29′18″W / 40.60944°N 75.48833°W / 40.60944; -75.48833 (Freeman's Dary)
Citation[121]
Northeast Corner of 9th and West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′05″N 075°28′31″W / 40.60139°N 75.47528°W / 40.60139; -75.47528 (Hess's)
Citation[6]
  • Horlacher Brewery (1866-1978)
311 West Gordon Street
Map location: 40°36′38″N 075°27′50″W / 40.61056°N 75.46389°W / 40.61056; -75.46389 (Horlacher Brewery)
Citation[122]
  • Homeopathic Healing Art Plaque (1835-1845)
31 South Penn Street
Map location: 40°36′11″N 075°27′59″W / 40.60306°N 75.46639°W / 40.60306; -75.46639 (Homeopathic Healing Art Plaque)
Marks the location of the world's first medical college exclusively devoted to the practice of homeopathic medicine
1 North 7th Street
Map location: 40°36′09″N 075°28′17″W / 40.60250°N 75.47139°W / 40.60250; -75.47139 (Hotel Allen)
Citation[6]
  • Kramer's Music House (1891-1960)
544 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′09″N 075°28′09″W / 40.60250°N 75.46917°W / 40.60250; -75.46917 (Kramer's Music House)
Citation[123]
1 West Allen Street
Map location: 40°36′59″N 075°27′26″W / 40.61639°N 75.45722°W / 40.61639; -75.45722 (Lehigh Structural Steel Company)
Citation[6]
  • Lafayette Hotel (1809-1926)
133-137 North 7th Street
Map location: 40°36′15″N 075°28′20″W / 40.60417°N 75.47222°W / 40.60417; -75.47222 (Lafayette Hotel)
Citation[124]
626 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°28′14″W / 40.60194°N 75.47056°W / 40.60194; -75.47056 (Leh's)
Citation[3][6]
  • Lehigh Port (1829-1880)
North Front Street, between Hamilton and Chew Streets
Map location: 40°36′31″N 075°27′20″W / 40.60861°N 75.45556°W / 40.60861; -75.45556 (Lehigh Port)
Small port associated with the canal
  • Lehigh & New England Railroad Office (1895-1961)
443 Hanover Avenue
Map location: 40°36′47″N 075°26′54″W / 40.61306°N 75.44833°W / 40.61306; -75.44833 (Lehigh & New England Railroad Office)
Citation[125][126]
  • Lieberman Brewery (1845-1915)
North 6th and West Union Streets
Map location: 40°36′00″N 075°28′08″W / 40.60000°N 75.46889°W / 40.60000; -75.46889 (Lieberman Brewery)
Citation[122][127][128]
  • Little Palestra (1930-1973)
North 17th and West Linden Streets
Map location: 40°35′52″N 075°29′38″W / 40.59778°N 75.49389°W / 40.59778; -75.49389 (Acorn Hotel)
Citation[129]
  • Livingston Club (1890-1999)
22 South 7th Street
Map location: 40°36′05″N 075°28′17″W / 40.60139°N 75.47139°W / 40.60139; -75.47139 (Livingston Club)
Citation[130]
2050 Mack Boulevard
Map location: 40°34′25″N 075°28′19″W / 40.57361°N 75.47194°W / 40.57361; -75.47194 (Mack Trucks World Headquarters)
Truck manufacturer
Mack Allentown Assembly Plants
Plant #1 40°35′46″N 075°28′05″W / 40.59611°N 75.46806°W / 40.59611; -75.46806 (Mack Assembly Plant #1)
Plant #2 40°35′44″N 075°28′26″W / 40.59556°N 75.47389°W / 40.59556; -75.47389 (Mack Assembly Plant #2)
Plant#3 40°35′40″N 075°28′25″W / 40.59444°N 75.47361°W / 40.59444; -75.47361 (Mack Assembly Plant #3)
Plant #3A 40°35′40″N 075°28′18″W / 40.59444°N 75.47167°W / 40.59444; -75.47167 (Mack Assembly Plant #3A)
Plant #4 40°35′37″N 075°28′35″W / 40.59361°N 75.47639°W / 40.59361; -75.47639 (Mack Assembly Plant #4)
Plant #4A 40°35′36″N 075°28′42″W / 40.59333°N 75.47833°W / 40.59333; -75.47833 (Mack Assembly Plant #4A)
Plant #5 40°34′56″N 075°28′34″W / 40.58222°N 75.47611°W / 40.58222; -75.47611 (Mack Assembly Plant #5)
Plant #5A 40°34′52″N 075°28′32″W / 40.58111°N 75.47556°W / 40.58111; -75.47556 (Mack Assembly Plant #5A)
Plant #5B 40°34′54″N 075°28′14″W / 40.58167°N 75.47056°W / 40.58167; -75.47056 (Mack Assembly Plant #5B)
Plant#5C 40°34′45″N 075°28′17″W / 40.57917°N 75.47139°W / 40.57917; -75.47139 (Mack Assembly Plant #5C)
The last Mack production plant in Allentown (5C) closed on 23 October 1987. Production, however continues at the Macungie plant which opened in 1976.[131]
  • Mealey Auditorium (1910-1961)
423-427 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′14″N 075°28′00″W / 40.60389°N 75.46667°W / 40.60389; -75.46667 (Mealey Auditorium)
Citation[132]
  • Midway Theater (1936-1955)
606 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′08″N 075°28′12″W / 40.60222°N 75.47000°W / 40.60222; -75.47000 (Midway Theater)
Building dates to the late 1800s.
  • Moll Gunsmith Factory (1764-1884)
117-119 North 7th Street
Map location: 40°36′16″N 075°28′21″W / 40.60444°N 75.47250°W / 40.60444; -75.47250 (Moll Gunsmith Factory)
Citation[133]
  • Orpheum Theater (1906-1924)
State Theater (1924-1953)
35 North Sixth Street
Map location: 40°36′14″N 075°28′12″W / 40.60389°N 75.47000°W / 40.60389; -75.47000 (Orpheum Theater)
Citation[134]
  • Palace (later Good's) Pharmacy (1900-1947)
602-604 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′09″N 075°28′11″W / 40.60250°N 75.46972°W / 40.60250; -75.46972 (Palace (later Good's) Pharmacy)
Citation[135]
  • Pat's (later Sal's) Spaghetti House (1954-1988)
20 North Sixth Street
Map location: 40°36′12″N 075°28′12″W / 40.60333°N 75.47000°W / 40.60333; -75.47000 (Pat's/Sal's Spaghetti House)
Citation[136]
  • Pergola Theater (1907-1926)
902 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′05″N 075°28′34″W / 40.60139°N 75.47611°W / 40.60139; -75.47611 (Pergola Theater)
Citation[101][134]
  • Rialto Theater (1921-1980)
943 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′02″N 075°28′39″W / 40.60056°N 75.47750°W / 40.60056; -75.47750 (Rialto Theater)
Citation[137][138]
  • Peter Rhodes House (1762)
107 North 7th Street
Map location: 40°36′14″N 075°28′20″W / 40.60389°N 75.47222°W / 40.60389; -75.47222 (Peter Rhodes House)
Citation[6]
  • West Side Diner (1948-2005, 2011-)
701 North 19th Street
Map location: 40°36′19″N 075°30′03″W / 40.60528°N 75.50083°W / 40.60528; -75.50083 (West Side Diner)
Citation[139]
  • Sears, Roebuck & Company Building (1948-1966)
600-606 North 7th Street
Map location: 40°36′38″N 075°28′34″W / 40.61056°N 75.47611°W / 40.61056; -75.47611 (Sears, Roebuck & Company Building)
Citation[140]
14-16 North 8th Street
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°28′26″W / 40.60194°N 75.47389°W / 40.60194; -75.47389 (Strand Theater)
Citation[6]
  • Towne Theater (1926-1982, 850 Seats)
343 North Sixth Street
Map location: 40°36′29″N 075°28′19″W / 40.60806°N 75.47194°W / 40.60806; -75.47194 (Towne Theater)
Originally Lotus Theater, renamed Towne in 1932.
  • Traylor Engineering (1905-2011)
602 South 10th Street
Map location: 40°35′42″N 075°28′36″W / 40.59500°N 75.47667°W / 40.59500; -75.47667 (Traylor Engineering)
Citation[86][141][142][143]
  • Trexler Lumber Yard (1903-1973)
1616 West Liberty Street
Map location: 40°36′12″N 075°29′40″W / 40.60333°N 75.49444°W / 40.60333; -75.49444 (Trexler Lumber Yard)
Citation[144]
  • The Upper Story (1967-1980)
930 West Hamilton Street, 2d Floor
Map location: 40°36′02″N 075°28′35″W / 40.60056°N 75.47639°W / 40.60056; -75.47639 (The Upper Story)
Citation[145]
  • J.B. Van Sciver Furniture Co. (1937-1983)
1002 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′00″N 075°28′40″W / 40.60000°N 75.47778°W / 40.60000; -75.47778 (A-Treat Bottling Company)
The J.B. Van Sciver Furniture Co. was a furniture company, founded by Joseph Bishop Van Sciver.
  • Venerable Shoe and Boot Factory (1882-1900)
825 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′05″N 075°28′27″W / 40.60139°N 75.47417°W / 40.60139; -75.47417 (Venerable Shoe and Boot Factory)
Citation[91]
  • Victor Theater (1910-1928)
716 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′06″N 075°28′20″W / 40.60167°N 75.47222°W / 40.60167; -75.47222 (Victor Theater)
Opened in 1910 as an early Nickelodeon style theater. Building dated to the mid-1800s.
  • Village Inn Restaurant (1936-1998)
4104 West Tilghman Street
Map location: 40°35′30″N 075°32′53″W / 40.59167°N 75.54806°W / 40.59167; -75.54806 (Village Inn Restaurant)
  • Walps Restaurant (1940-1998)
Northeast Corner of Union Blvd. at Airport Road.
Map location: 40°37′28″N 075°26′32″W / 40.62444°N 75.44222°W / 40.62444; -75.44222 (Walps Restaurant)
Citation[146][147]
555 Union Blvd
Map location: 40°37′19″N 075°27′09″W / 40.62194°N 75.45250°W / 40.62194; -75.45250 (Western Electric)
Citation[148]
  • Wetherhold & Metzger (1908-1987)
719 West Hamilton Street
Map location: 40°36′07″N 075°28′21″W / 40.60194°N 75.47250°W / 40.60194; -75.47250 (Wetherhold & Metzger)
Citation[149][150]
  • Wright Montessori School (1915-1957)
933 North Ott Street
Map location: 40°36′17″N 075°31′06″W / 40.60472°N 75.51833°W / 40.60472; -75.51833 (Wright Montessori School)
Citation[151]

See also

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