Allentown in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Hotel Sterling

Sterling Hotel

— 343 Hamilton Street —

Hotel Sterling Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 3, 2020

1. Hotel Sterling Marker

Inscription. This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 40° 36.29′ N, 75° 27.767′ W. Marker is in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. It is on Hamilton Street 0.1 miles west of South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 343 Hamilton St, Allentown PA 18101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Trout Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different

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marker also named Trout Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); Site of the First Incorporated Homeopathic Medical College in the World (approx. ¼ mile away); Women Veterans of Lehigh County (approx. ¼ mile away); Harriet A. Baker (approx. ¼ mile away); Lehigh County (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Spanish American War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Allentown.

Regarding Hotel Sterling. Started in 1889 and completed in 1890 by Henry A. Trexler, the Sterling Hotel is the only High Victorian period hotel in Allentown functioning in its original use.

Also see . . . Hotel Sterling (Allentown, Pennsylvania). Wikipedia entry (Submitted on February 13, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Hotel Sterling image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 3, 2020

2. Hotel Sterling

Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 692 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 6, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.