Tagged: Benjamin J. Hagenbuch

Cross Keys Hotel Allentown 1870 0

Remembering the Cross Keys Hotel

In 1771, Henry Hagenbuch (b. 1737, d. 1805), purchased a lot 60 feet wide by 230 feet deep at the corner of James and Hamilton Streets within the newly formed city of Northampton Town,...

Hagenbuch Opera House Bowen Grocery Allentown 0

The Hagenbuch Opera House, Allentown’s First Theater

Allentown, Pennsylvania’s first major theater opened in 1870 near the corner of 8th and Hamilton Streets. It was known by several names including the Academy of Music and Military Hall. However, most locals referred...