Liberty Bell Hiding Place

Liberty Bell Hiding Place is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Allentown, Lehigh County, dedicated 2022.

622 W Hamilton St., Allentown

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From Sept. 1777 to June 1778, the State House bell was hidden here at Zion's Reformed Church. The Continental Congress removed Philadelphia's bells fearing British destruction. The bell, now known as the Liberty Bell, was transformed into a national symbol by abolitionists.

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1776 · New England. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1780 · A new and accurate map of the province of Pennsylvania in North America, from the best… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1792 · A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey, 1782, covering the location of Liberty Bell Hiding Place, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey, 1782, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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