Elias Baker House, Allegheny Furnace, Union Avenue & Cresent Road, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Summary
Significance: Designed by Baltimore architect Robert Carey for Elias Baker, a prominent ironmaster who operated Allegheny Furnace, near the Baker house, and Indiana Furnace, near Armagh in Indiana County.
Survey number: HABS PA-6065
Building/structure dates: 1846- 1848 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Baker, Elias
Long, Robert Carey
America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), sponsor
Madrid, transmitter
Shedd, Nancy, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
Altoona (Pa.), 40.51868, -78.39474
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html