Postcard photo of the Hotel Columbia on the northwest corner of Tenth and Hamilton Streets. Built in the 1870s, the hotel was styled after the German heritage of Allentown. Not in the city center of business, and with the newer Americus and Traylor hotels, it closed in the late 1920s and was torn down in 1929. It was a vacant lot throughout the Great Depression. It was replaced by an early parking garage and deck, as well as some storefront retail shops about 1940.