High German Evangelical Reformed Church

High German Evangelical Reformed Church
Zion United Church of Christ in October 2011
High German Evangelical Reformed Church is located in Pennsylvania
High German Evangelical Reformed Church
Location of the church in Pennsylvania
High German Evangelical Reformed Church is located in the United States
High German Evangelical Reformed Church
High German Evangelical Reformed Church (the United States)
Location622 West Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1762
ArchitectLewis Jacoby
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.83002259[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1983

The High German Evangelical Reformed Church, also known as Zion Reformed and Zion United Church of Christ, is an historic Evangelical and Reformed church, located at 622 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.

During the American Revolutionary War, the church was selected as the site to hide and protect the Liberty Bell from seizure as British troops prepared the Philadelphia campaign, designed to attack and occupy the revolutionary capital in Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell was hidden beneath floor boards in the church for nine months, from September 1777 until the British ultimately departed Philadelphia in June 1778.

Until 2023, the church housed the Liberty Bell Museum, established to honor the role that Allentown and Lehigh Valley-area American patriots played in guarding the Liberty Bell.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

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