Allentown, Pennsylvania's H. Leh & Co. department store

H. Leh & Co.  department store was located at 626 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was an outside structure of  the Hamilton Mall.

The original building was purchased on April 1880, a massive and beautiful Italianate structure. In 1911, one year after Henry Leh died, his sons remodeled the department store, which, at the reopening was advertised as the most modern and best ventilated department store in Allentown.

The department store was structured as follows:

First Floor: Men's Furnishing Department, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas and Parasols, Neckwear, Veilings, Stationery, Toilet Goods, Jewelry, Leather Goods, Silks, Dress Goods, Linens, Knit Underwear, Dress Patterns and Trimmings, Notions, Shoes and Slippers, Post Office.

Second Floor: Cloaks, Suits, Dresses, Waists, Furs, Muslin Underwear, Corsets, Millinery, Infants' and Children's Wear.

Third Floor: Rugs, Carpets, Curtains, Draperies, Linoleum. Carpet Sweepers, Cedar Chests, Oil Cloth, Window Shades, Awnings, Porch and Odd Pieces of Furniture, Baby Carriages, Brass Beds, Bedding. Art Needle Work, Ladies' Waiting Room, Office.

Basement: House Furnishing Department, Fine Cut Glass, Silverware, China, Restaurant, Soda Fountain, Candies.

Fourth and Fifth Floors: Storage Work Rooms and Men's Room.

Roof : Take elevator to roof for grand view of city and thirty miles of surrounding country. Visitors welcome.

In 1931, the former Tallman's Cafe at 632 Hamilton was purchased and the store expanded and also the facade was modified. 

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