Jaggard Building, 1300-1302 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Jaggard Building is a good example of the kind of brick commercial buildings that were constructed by Altoona's wealthiest businessmen in the 1870s. It is also one of the few remaining 19th century commercial structures to retain its original appearance, although the first-floor storefront is new, the result of a recent restoration. Erected ca. 1873-76 to house the dry goods store of merchant Clement Jaggard (the exclusive agent for John Wright in the disposition of Altoona's original lots), the building was once attached to a row of similar, three-story brick stores that have demolished. The Jaggard Building was later occupied by the offices of the Railroad Men's Christian Association, one of the examples of benevolent paternalism offered workers by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Survey number: HABS PA-5509
Building/structure dates: ca. 1873- ca. 1876 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1890- ca. 1893 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1923- 1929 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1946 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after. 1980- before. 1989 Subsequent Work