Category:Alden Maclellan Corporation

Alden MacLellan was car dealer for many years in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He came to Allentown from the Boston, Massachusetts area, where he had been with the Dodge Motor Company since 1920. MacLellan was the second Dodge dealer in Allentown, taking over the Linden Auto Company's dealership at Seventh and Walnut Street in 1935. With his arrival, the deanship also included Plymouths, both division of Chrysler Corporation.

MaClellan moved the dealership to the former Lawfer Ford building shortly after his arrival in December 1936, and remained at Twelfth and Hamilton until January 1943 when he moved to 718-720 North Seventh, between Tilghman and Green Streets. As the buisness grew, it again needed more space and in 1948 he acquired the used car lot of Ray Wolfangle at Seventeenth and Tilghman Streets. MaClellan built his own custom dealership there and moved into it June, 1950.

In 1959, Allentown's Ford franchisee, Dahl Ford, decided to leave the Allentown area for the Midwest. Maclellan took over the Ford franchise for Allentown and sold his Dodge/Plymouth Franchise to John A Anshant, who opened a deanship at Eighteenth and Hamilton Street (The former Dahl Ford truck facility). Maclellan Ford operated for eight years and sold the first Ford Mustangs in the area in the summer of 1964.

In April 1967, Alden Maclellan retired from the car business after 47 years, selling his interests in Allentown to Robert P Kelly, who renamed it Kelly Ford. Kelly Ford moved to Lehigh Street in 1987 and the building was taken over by Haldeman Ford. It operated there until about 1982 when Haldeman moved to Eighteenth and Tilghman Streets. With the vacancy at 17th & Tilghman, Outten Chevrolet moved into the former MaClellan property from its location at 19th & Tilghman.

The former MacLellan Ford building at 17th and Tilghman Streets remains today as the Chevrolet dealership in Allentown.

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