Old Lehigh County Courthouse
Appearance
Old Lehigh County Courthouse | |
Location | 503 West Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°36′13″N 75°28′4″W / 40.60361°N 75.46778°W |
Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
Built | 1819 |
Architect | Culver, Eber; Ashbach, Gustav A. |
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts, Italianate, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 81000550[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 11, 1981 |
Old Lehigh County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built between 1814 and 1819, and was a 2 1/2-story, stone building with a hipped roof. It was remodeled and enlarged in 1864 in the Italianate style. An addition on the west was added in 1880–1881, and the addition to the north was built in 1914–1916, in the Beaux-Arts style.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
See also
- Historical and Notable Sites in Allentown, Pennsylvania
- List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Mahlon H. Hellerich (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Lehigh County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-04.
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Categories:
- County courthouses in Pennsylvania
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Federal architecture in Pennsylvania
- Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania
- Government buildings completed in 1819
- Buildings and structures in Allentown, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs