page_title: Lehigh County Historical Society
section_title: Scott Andrew Trexler II Research Library & Archive
hierarchical_section_title: Lehigh County Historical Society / Scott Andrew Trexler II Research Library & Archive
caption_attribution_description: English: Trout Hall (built 1770) is one of the oldest homes in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was built by James Allen, son of William Allen. The house at 1910 Walnut St., Allentown is older, being built in 1764, and rarer in that fewer homes for middle class people are still standing from this era. The building is located at 4th and Walnut Streets in Allentown. The home was later known as the Livingston Mansion. In 1848 it become the Allentown Seminary, and in 1867 was the original location of Muhlenberg College. Restored in 1905, Trout Hall is currently administered by the Lehigh County Historical Society.
context_page_description: Lehigh County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1904, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting the history of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley. The Historical Society and Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum are located at 432 West Walnut Street in Allentown.
context_section_description: The Lehigh County Historical Society's library, the Scott Andrew Trexler II Research Library and Archive, houses 200,000 vintage photographs and nearly three million historical documents. Included in its collections are more than 800 volumes of church and cemetery records for Lehigh and neighboring counties, early county records (tax rolls, wills and land deeds), indexed marriage records and announcements, 800 volumes of family genealogical histories, city directories (1860 onwards), maps, census records and published histories.  The library also maintains microfiche versions of several of Allentown's early German and English-language newspapers.  Access to the library is free for Society members; a small fee applies for non-members.
caption: Now one of the sites administered by the Lehigh County Historical Society, Trout Hall served as the organization's home for many years.
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