Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center

Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center is a museum in Borough of Fountain Hill, Lehigh, Pennsylvania which is located on Cherokee Street. Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center is situated nearby to Enix Park, as well as near St. John A.M.E. Zion Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral Church of the Nativity and St Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Cathedral Church of the Nativity

Church

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The Cathedral Church of the Nativity is an Episcopal cathedral in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was the seat of the former Diocese of Bethlehem, and is now a co-cathedral of the Diocese of the Susquehanna, formed in 2026 from a reunion between the Diocese of Bethlehem and the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. Cathedral Church of the Nativity is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center.

St Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

Church

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St Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church is situated 2,300 feet east of Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center.

Bethlehem Waterworks

Heritage site

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The Bethlehem Waterworks, also known as the Old Waterworks or 1762 Waterworks, is believed to be the oldest pump-powered public water supply in what is now the United States. Bethlehem Waterworks is situated 1 mile north of Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fountain Hill and Bethlehem.

Fountain Hill

Village

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Fountain Hill is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Fountain Hill was 4,832 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 4,597 tabulated in 2010.

Bethlehem

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Bethlehem is one of three cities, along with Allentown and Easton, that are the urban population centers of the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania. In the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem borders Nazareth to its northwest, Allentown to its west, Hellertown to its southeast, and Easton to its east.

Seidersville

Hamlet

Seidersville is a suburban Lehigh Valley village on Route 378 in Lower Saucon Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center

Type: Museum
Address: 627 Cherokee Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Borough of Fountain Hill, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.60815° or 40° 36′ 29″ north

Longitude

-75.38835° or 75° 23′ 18″ west

Open location code

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St. John A.M.E. Zion Church and Enix Park.

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