Pennsylvania Railroad Company House, 1121-23 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Written data includes copies of floor plans.
Significance: Unlike the Cambria Iron Works in Johnstown, which built hundreds of company houses, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company eschewed the construction of housing for its sub-managerial workers. The double house at 1121-23 8th Ave. was one of only eight identical frame houses built in 1853 by the PRR to house its skilled and semi-skilled workers. It is the only one still standing. Enlarged with a projecting brick storefront in 1907, the two-and-a-half-story house incorporates Gothic Revival vergeboards and a prominent finial on the gable end.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-310
Survey number: HABS PA-5503
Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1907 Subsequent Work