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Allentown, Buffalo — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Allentown is a neighbourhood of Buffalo, a low-rise quarter of old houses and church spires ranged along Delaware Avenue.
About Allentown
Where to stay in Allentown
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The northern blocks put the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site and Westminster Presbyterian Church within a slow walk, while the southern end of Delaware Avenue shortens the trip into central Buffalo. Converted houses carry most of the lodging. Side-street guesthouses fill fast, because the Allentown Historic District was laid out for households rather than hotel floors.
Bigger rooms wait downtown, south past Trinity Episcopal Church.
About Allentown
What are the main landmarks in Allentown?
The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site stands on Delaware Avenue, the federal listing among a run of otherwise parish landmarks. The churches outnumber everything else. Trinity Episcopal Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church and the Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church line the same avenue, while First Presbyterian Church holds the western edge and Holy Angels Church stands just past it.
USS Croaker and USS The Sullivans are moored at the Buffalo waterfront, a ride away from the district.
What is the history of Allentown?
The Allentown Historic District carries what the neighbourhood keeps of its own past. Trinity Episcopal Church, First Presbyterian Church and Holy Angels Church went up as separate congregations on the same short grid, and their spires still fix the skyline that the later blocks grew around. Delaware Avenue took the larger houses.
One of them became the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, giving a residential stretch of Buffalo a federally listed front door.
Where is Allentown?
Allentown holds a low grid just north of central Buffalo, Delaware Avenue running through it and First Presbyterian Church marking its western edge.
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Updated September 2026