High German Evangelical Reformed Church - Allentown, PA
N 40° 36.136 W 075° 28.228
18T E 460196 N 4494712
High German Evangelical Reformed Church once hid the Liberty Bell.
Waymark Code: WM81GX
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2010
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This Church is now called the Zion's Reformed Church. It is located on Hamilton Street between 6th and 7th Streets.
High German Evangelical Reformed Church is a brownstone Victorian Gothic structure erected in 1888 on the site of a former church, built in 1773, which was the hiding place of the Liberty Bell during the Revolutionary War. When Philadelphia was occupied by the British, the Liberty Bell was removed from Independence Hall in the dead of night and hauled through the British lines to Allentown, where it was concealed in the cellar of the church from 1777 to 1778. The church also served as a hospital during the Revolutionary War. In a pedimented tower of cast stone, above the main entrance of the present church, hangs a bell used by the early settlers to sound alarms, known locally as Allentown's 'Liberty Bell.'
The Zion Church currently houses the Liberty Bell Shrine (located in the basement) and has event every holiday season for the old Hess's displays and "Pip the Mouse," who helped Santa on Christmas. The Shrine is open all year.
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