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  2. Zollinger-Harned Company Building - Wikipedia

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    A fourth store in the Wyoming Valley Mall near Wilkes-Barre opened in 1971. [9] Like many other major department stores in the 1970s, however, suburbanization and the growth of indoor shopping malls led to declining sales of large department stores in Allentown's central business district. In 1975, Zollinger's was still profitable, but in 1976 ...

  3. Leh's - Wikipedia

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    The original building at 626 Hamilton Street in Allentown and its additions at 628 and 630 Hamilton Street, c. 1870 An 1890 trading card from H M Leh & Company. Henry Leh, the founder of Leh's, was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1830. On April 25, 1850, he founded the store at 626 Hamilton Street in Allentown. He initially sold ready-to ...

  4. Hess's - Wikipedia

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    However, Allentown had been in economic decline since the 1970s, and the store's operations proved unprofitable. On November 9, 1995, Bon-Ton Stores announced that the 9th and Hamilton store would be closed, and, on January 15, 1996, the store was closed permanently. [18]

  5. Hamilton Street - Wikipedia

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    Hamilton Street was one of the first streets developed in the 18th century by William Allen, a shipping merchant and former mayor of Philadelphia.On September 10, 1735, Allen acquired 5,000-acre (20 km 2) that includes present-day Center City Allentown, from Joseph Turner, an iron manufacturer and also a former mayor of Philadelphia.

  6. List of defunct department stores of the United States

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    Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...

  7. Farr Building - Wikipedia

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    In 1932 and again in 1965, the Farr Building was remodeled, and the company continued to experience significant growth until the 1970s when Center City Allentown's shopping district on Hamilton Street was challenged by significant flight of Allentown residents for the city's suburbs, which led to the development of the Lehigh Valley Mall in ...

  8. Pennsylvania Route 222 - Wikipedia

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    The northern terminus is PA 145 in Allentown. Since the city's founding in the 18th century, Hamilton Street was among the first streets constructed in the city and served as the main street in Center City Allentown. Hamilton Street and Hamilton Boulevard became part of the William Penn Highway in 1916, PA 3 in 1924, and US 22 in 1926. In 1931 ...

  9. Liberty Bell Museum - Wikipedia

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    A watercolor painting depicting the arrival of the Liberty Bell at Zions Church, on September 24, 1777 A woodcust image of Zion's Church, which includes a sketched message, indicating that the church was erected in 1773 and was the hiding place for the Liberty Bell during the winter of 1777–1778 "The Saving of the Liberty Bell", a plaque ...