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The Old Lehigh County Courthouse is an historic county
courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...
, which is located in
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,
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. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1981.


History and architectural features

The courthouse's original section was built between 1814 and 1819 and was a two-and-one-half-story stone building with a hipped roof. ''Note:'' This includes It was remodeled and enlarged in 1864, in the
Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...
style. ''Note:'' This includes An addition on the west was added in between 1880 and 1881, and a second addition was added to its north between 1914 and 1916 in the Beaux-Arts style. ''Note:'' This includes The courthouse is featured on the Lehigh County seal which was introduced in 1944. In 1981, the Old Lehigh County Courthouse was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1981.


See also

*
List of historic places in Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown, Pennsylvania, the third largest city in Pennsylvania and largest city in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, was established in 1762. Allentown is one of the nation's oldest major cities with deep roots in its history. The city was ...
*
List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...


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{{authority control Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Allentown, Pennsylvania County courthouses in Pennsylvania Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Government buildings completed in 1819 Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania