
Old Lehigh County Courthouse - Allentown, Pennsylvania
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BruceS
N 40° 36.201 W 075° 28.095
18T E 460384 N 4494832
Historic and longest active courthouse in Pennsylvania in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMF746
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2012
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"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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981." - Wikipedia
The building continues to house a court (Court of Common Pleas) and also museum.
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