Legacy and Honors
- Allen is honored with a feast day, March 26, on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on March 26.
- 2001, the Richard Allen Preparatory School, a charter school, was opened in his name in SW Philadelphia.
- In 2002, Molefi Kete Asante named Richard Allen as one of the 100 Greatest African Americans.
- 2010, a park in Radnor Township was named for him. Radnor is situated approximately 15 miles west of Philadelphia.
- The Richard Allen Homes, a public housing project in Philadelphia, were named for him. The comedian and actor Bill Cosby was raised in the Richard Allen homes.
- A street in Cambridge, Massachusetts is named after him.
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