Altoona City Hall, Twelfth Street & Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
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Significance: For a brief period, from 1918 to 1921, Altoona adopted a city manager form of government which accomplished a great deal in a short time. In addition to upgrading the public parks system and initiating new highways projects, the city manager also streamlined municipal government, establishing a more efficient and equitable system for collecting taxes. Although construction of the proposed municipal building did not take place under the brief reform administration, the Beaux Arts-style city hall of 1925-27, a design by Frederic Sholler and Frank Hersh of Altoona, nonetheless stands as a symbol of the reformers' aspirations and the city's progress in the boom decade of the 1920s.
Survey number: HABS PA-5520
Building/structure dates: 1925- 1927 Initial Construction
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