Hotel Sterling (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

Hotel Sterling is a historic hotel located at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889–1890, and is a three-story rectangular brick building. It is in the Romanesque Revival style with Queen Anne and Eastlake influences. It is three bays wide, with a gabled parapet at the middle bay. When nominated in 1980, the hotel had 33 sleeping rooms.[2]

Hotel Sterling
Hotel Sterling in Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 2011
Location343–345 West Hamilton Street,
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°36′19″N 75°27′43″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1899–1890
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Romanesque, Eastlake
NRHP reference No.84003469[1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1984

The hotel was built simultaneously with the constructions of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and Lehigh Valley Railroad stations directly across Hamilton Street to provide travelers a place to eat and stay in Allentown. With the end of passenger rail service in the 1960s, the hotel adapted to other uses. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

Today, the hotel is primarily used as Deja Vu nightclub with live music acts performing. On June 20, 2019, it was the site of gun violence between rival gangs, the Bloods and Latin Kings, in which ten people were shot.[3]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Deborah Laubach and Mary Ann Riola (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hotel Sterling" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  3. "Bloods gang member who returned fire at Latin Kings during 2019 mass shooting at Allentown Deja Vu nightclub gets state prison sentence," The Morning Call, May 17, 2021


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