David G. & Margaret Stewart House, 209 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blai...
Survey number: HABS PA-5881 Building/structure dates: 1904- 1905 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1951- before. 1984 Subsequent Work
Franklin G. & Josephine Krall House, 201 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bl...
Survey number: HABS PA-5877 Building/structure dates: 1906- 1909 Initial Construction
David A. Little House I, 1301 Seventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-5809 Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction
Charles F. Dinkle House, 805 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5797 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
Haupt Truss Bridge, 1300 Ninth Avenue, Railroaders' Memorial Museum, A...
See also HAER PA-422 for another example of a surviving Haupt iron truss. Significance: Designed by Herman Haupt, the Haupt iron truss was a rare combination of Pratt truss and tied arch, constructed and used e... More
Sylvester & Margaret England House, 300 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Survey number: HABS PA-5884 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Yard, Church, 1401 Fifth Avenue, Altoona, Bl...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hebrew Reform Temple, 1433 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, P...
Significance: Hebrew Reform Temple is distinguished by its eclectic Moorish, an 1898 design by Altoona's premier architect, Charles M. Robinson. Constructed for the Mountain City Hebrew Reform Congregation, a s... More
Timothy & Mary C. Healy House, 1415 Third Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-317 Survey number: HABS PA-5839 Building/structure dates: 1895- 1896 Initial Construction
Juniata Shops, Turntable, South of Sixth Street at Third Avemue, Altoo...
Significance: A typical electrically powered turntable used in conjunction with the adjacent Erecting Shops and Machine Shops (HAER No. PA-232-D). Survey number: HAER PA-232-K
Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5785 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction
Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5785 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction
Juniata Shops, East side of Chestnut Avenue, South of Sixth Street, Al...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Juniata Shops, East side of Chestnut Avenue, South of Sixth Street, Al...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. James German Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1401-1405 Eighth Avenue,...
Survey number: HABS PA-5860 Building/structure dates: 1889- 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work
1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More
City of Altoona, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Written data pages include photocopies of maps & charts. Survey number: HABS PA-5784 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction
Fourth Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5786 Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1882 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after. 1882- before. 1888 Subsequent Work Buil... More
Twelfth Street Car Shops, Fire Engine House No. 7, 1128 Ninth Avenue, ...
Significance: Fire Engine House No. 7 retains architectural details which suggest that it is contemporary with the final enlargement of the adjacent Stores/Laboratory, about 1905. Survey number: HAER PA-231-B ... More
Silverman Building, 1200-1204 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...
Significance: The Silverman Building is the most elaborate office building on 11th Ave. Dating to 1924-25, the steel framed structure is faced with white glazed terra cotta in a Neoclassical design. The buildin... More
Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop & Machine Shop, East of Fourth Avenue, be...
Significance: The Erecting Shop and Machine Shop was the largest part of the last major expansion of the Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER PA-232-D Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Buildi... More
Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop & Machine Shop, East of Fourth Avenue, be...
Significance: The Erecting Shop and Machine Shop was the largest part of the last major expansion of the Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER PA-232-D Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Buildi... More
Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop & Machine Shop, East of Fourth Avenue, be...
Significance: The Erecting Shop and Machine Shop was the largest part of the last major expansion of the Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER PA-232-D Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Buildi... More
Albert P. MacDonald House, 1307-1309 Ninth Street, Altoona, Blair Coun...
Survey number: HABS PA-5802 Building/structure dates: 1884 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1894 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after. 1920- before. 1930 Subsequent Work
Twelfth Street Car Shops, Master Mechanic's Office, Ninth Avenue & Twe...
Significance: The 1882 section of this building is the oldest surviving structure of the former "Machine Shops" branch in Altoona. Survey number: HAER PA-231-C Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construct... More
Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Juniata Shops, Blacksmith Shop No. 2, East of Fourth Avenue, between F...
Significance: Presently used by Conrail for storage, Blacksmith Shop No. 2 retains much of its early to mid-nineteenth century equipment, including several gas-fired furnaces. Survey number: HAER PA-232-B Bui... More
Second Presbyterian Church, 1315 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County,...
Survey number: HABS PA-5857 Building/structure dates: 1870-1871 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1875-1877 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work Building/structure dat... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
The Oaks, 112 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5894 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work
Central Trust Company Building, 1218 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...
Significance: The Central Trust Company Building is a rare, intact example of Altoona's early 20th century commercial architecture. Designed by the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Robinson and Winkler, and ere... More
Central Trust Company Building, 1218 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...
Significance: The Central Trust Company Building is a rare, intact example of Altoona's early 20th century commercial architecture. Designed by the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Robinson and Winkler, and ere... More
Altoona Mirror Building, 1000 Green Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5814 Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Altoona Mirror Building, 1000 Green Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5814 Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
William & Amanda Kantner House, 808 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-308 Survey number: HABS PA-5805 Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction
Jacob E. & Mintie Miller House I, 107 Browning Avenue, Altoona, Blair ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Juniata Shops, Power Plant & Boiler House, East of Fourth Avenue at Se...
Significance: The Power Plant and Boiler House was one of the four original buildings constructed at Juniata in 1888-90. Survey number: HAER PA-232-I Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction Build... More
Joseph & Mary Ann Lamont House, 208 Browning Avenue, Altoona, Blair Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-5871 Building/structure dates: ca. 1949- ca. 1951 Initial Construction
Allegheny Furnace, Union Avenue & Cresent Road, Altoona, Blair County,...
Significance: Though constructed in 1811, Allegheny did not prosper until the mid 1830s when Elias Baker assumed its control. The furnace was originally charcoal fired though it was converted to coke in the 18... More
Repairing locomotives, Penn. R.R. shops, Altoona, Pennsylvania--engine...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Edward H. Bowers House, 302 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5899 Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction
Frank L. & Ella Williams House, 1515 Second Avenue, Altoona, Blair Cou...
Survey number: HABS PA-5831 Building/structure dates: 1915- 1916 Initial Construction
Engelman Outbuilding, 320 Morningside Drive, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5905 Building/structure dates: ca. 1923 Initial Construction
Phillip Kimmel House, 104-106 Fourteenth Street, Altoona, Blair County...
Survey number: HABS PA-5863 Building/structure dates: 1894- 1895 Initial Construction
1911 Twelfth Avenue (House), 1911 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-5914 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alfred F. Finney House, 1011 Howard Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5934 Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction
Goodwill Fire Engine & Hose Company Engine House, 1231 Sixth Avenue, A...
Survey number: HABS PA-5850 Building/structure dates: 1882- 1885 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1894 Subsequent Work
Allegheny Furnace, Store & Office, Union Avenue & Cresent Road, Altoon...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wiscons...
Dec 1885. 24 Sheet(s). Includes Fall Creek, Altoona. Wisconsin fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of as... More
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1301 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, B...
Significance: Overlooking the city of Altoona from the peak of Gospel Hill, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is a landmark on the Altoona skyline. Although construction began in 1924 to replace a 19th cen... More
Juniata Shops, Turntable, South of Sixth Street at Third Avemue, Altoo...
Significance: A typical electrically powered turntable used in conjunction with the adjacent Erecting Shops and Machine Shops (HAER No. PA-232-D). Survey number: HAER PA-232-K
East Altoona Freight Locomotive Terminal, Roundhouse, Northeast of Fur...
Significance: The Roundhouse was previously one of the largest classification yards in the region. Although the Roundhouse itself was demolished, the turntable remains in place. Survey number: HAER PA-228-A ... More
Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5785 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction
Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5785 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction
Intown Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5789 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after. 1890- before. 1900 Subsequ... More
Llyswen Station, 218 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5898 Building/structure dates: 1895- 1896 Initial Construction
1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More
1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More
First National Bank, 1206 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The second headquarters of a bank established in 1863, the First National Bank of Altoona was described as a "magnificent temple of finance" when it opened in 1926. Architect John A. Dempwolf's mo... More
James M. & Lizzie N. Skyles House, 108 Holmes Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...
Survey number: HABS PA-5891 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop & Machine Shop, East of Fourth Avenue, be...
Significance: The Erecting Shop and Machine Shop was the largest part of the last major expansion of the Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER PA-232-D Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Buildi... More
Juniata Shops, Machine Shop No. 1, East of Fourth Avenue at Third Stre...
Significance: The Machine Shop No. 1 was one of the four original shop buildings constructed at Juniata. Survey number: HAER PA-232-F Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure da... More
Charles B. Dudley House, 802 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...
Significance: The two-and-a-half story, side-passage house at 802 Lexington Ave. is representative of one type of housing stock found throughout Altoona, although most surviving examples are of brick veneer rat... More
John Huber House, 1424 Second Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5828 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1909 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1968 Subsequent Work
Second Presbyterian Church, 1315 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County,...
Survey number: HABS PA-5857 Building/structure dates: 1870-1871 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1875-1877 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work Building/structure dat... More
Theodore & Mary Wigton House, 211-213 Twelfth Street, Altoona, Blair C...
Survey number: HABS PA-5861 Building/structure dates: ca. 1887- 1891 Initial Construction
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1208 Thirteenth Street, Altoona, Bla...
Significance: Built of rough-faced Hummelstown brownstone with smooth-faced brownstone accents, the First Methodist Episcopal Church and its adjoining rectory were designed by M.R. Brown of New York City in 190... More
Altoona Mirror Building, 1000 Green Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5814 Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Jacob & Ida Brett House, 208 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-5896 Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction
Emil A. & Geraldine Engelman House, 318 Morningside Drive, Altoona, Bl...
Survey number: HABS PA-5904 Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction
Emil A. & Geraldine Engelman House, 318 Morningside Drive, Altoona, Bl...
Survey number: HABS PA-5904 Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction
Altoona Trust Company Building, 1128-1130 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Significance: The Altoona Trust Company Building, the work of Mowbray and Uffinger of New York in 1901, was the first Classical Revival-style building in downtown Altoona. The U-shapes, five-story building intr... More
Altoona Trust Company Building, 1128-1130 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Significance: The Altoona Trust Company Building, the work of Mowbray and Uffinger of New York in 1901, was the first Classical Revival-style building in downtown Altoona. The U-shapes, five-story building intr... More
John S. Seeds House I, 801 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5812 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Cloyd Kerlin House, 1213 Fourth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5841 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction
Solomon Blumenthal House, 1308 Ninth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5791 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1896 Subsequent Work
Solomon Blumenthal House, 1308 Ninth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5791 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1896 Subsequent Work
Harry & Harriet Bott House, 100 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-5872 Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction
6 Altoona, Pennsylvania. View from the south window of the Logan Hous...
Photograph attributed to Joseph M. Wilson (1838-1902) based on similarity of mount and handwriting on other known Wilson photographs. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur phot... More
Penn Alto Hotel, 1120-1130 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, P...
Significance: Perhaps better than any other single building in downtown Altoona, the Penn Alto Hotel symbolizes the civic spirit of the 1920s. Initiated by the newly formed chamber of commerce and financed by p... More
Baker Elementary School, Ward Avenue at Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Survey number: HABS PA-5908 Building/structure dates: 1906- 1907 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1959 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1989 Subsequent Work Building/structure date... More
Jacob & Pauline Neher House, 1325 First Avenue, Altoona, Blair County,...
Survey number: HABS PA-5821 Building/structure dates: 1897 Initial Construction
Joseph Stouffer House I, 803 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5795 Building/structure dates: after. 1860- before. 1870 Initial Construction
Thomas M. & Catherine Lyman House, 1300 Third Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...
Survey number: HABS PA-5835 Building/structure dates: 1887- 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1888- before. 1894 Subsequent Work
Harrison Oburn House, 915-917 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County,...
Survey number: HABS PA-5804 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
Sylvester & Margaret England House, 300 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Survey number: HABS PA-5884 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction