Johnstown City Hall, Northeast corner of Main & Market Streets, Johnst...
Significance: The present city hall was built during a period of great optimism in Johnstown. The previous building on the site, erected in 1872, had been used as a market house, police station, and municipal b... More
Llyswen Methodist Episcopal Church, 308 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Survey number: HABS PA-5887 Building/structure dates: 1915- 1916 Initial Construction
Alice MacDonald House, 1305 Ninth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5810 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction
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 ce... More
William & Della Haines House, 216 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair Cou...
Survey number: HABS PA-5883 Building/structure dates: 1961 Initial Construction
Denis Roach House, 215-217 Honan Avenue, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5778 Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction
Pennsylvania Turnpike, Breezewood Interchange, Near State Route 2029 a...
Significance: Constructed near the intersection of U.S. 30 and SR 126 which led south into Maryland and Virginia, the Breezewood Plaza is one of eleven original interchanges along the turnpike where motorists e... More
Union Supply Company Store, Bradford Road, approximately 200 feet West...
Survey number: HAER PA-364 Public domain photograph - car advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Town of Penn-Craft, Penncraft, Fayette County, PA
Written data includes location maps, site plans, & floor plans. Significance: The Town of Penn-Craft was developed as part of a broad reaching effort of the New Deal era intended to relieve the dire economic ru... More
Town of Penn-Craft, Penncraft, Fayette County, PA
Written data includes location maps, site plans, & floor plans. Significance: The Town of Penn-Craft was developed as part of a broad reaching effort of the New Deal era intended to relieve the dire economic ru... 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
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
Thomas Gaddis House, 300 yards east of old U.S. Route 119 near interse...
Significance: Fort Gaddis is the oldest known building in Fayette County and the second oldest log building in western Pennsylvania. It was built ca. 1769-74 by Thomas Gaddis who was in charge of the defense of... 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
Eighth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, 1227-1231 Eighth Avenue, Alt...
Survey number: HABS PA-5855 Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1967 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1987 Subsequent Work
Ricks Foundry, Machine Shop, Miller Avenue off South Mount Vernon Stre...
Survey number: HAER PA-366-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Subsequent Work
Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland...
Significance: A principal stop on the mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Greensburg Station is now listed on the National Register. Survey number: HAER PA-249 Building/structure dates: 1910- 1911 I... More
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
Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Str...
Significance: This bridge was constructed when the tracks through Huntingdon were moved from Allegheny Street to the bed of the defunct Pennsylvania Canal, replacing an older stone bridge upstream (Stone Creek ... More
Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Str...
Significance: This bridge was constructed when the tracks through Huntingdon were moved from Allegheny Street to the bed of the defunct Pennsylvania Canal, replacing an older stone bridge upstream (Stone Creek ... 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
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
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, 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
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
Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations, & floor plans. Significance: Kistler was built by the Mount Union Refr... More
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Eighth Avenue & Eleventh Stree...
Survey number: HABS PA-5854 Building/structure dates: 1912- 1923 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1953 Subsequent Work
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
Town of Leisenring, Company Store, Leisenring, Fayette County, PA
Survey number: HAER PA-298-A Building/structure dates: before 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1869 Initial Construction
Bedford County Bridge No. 4, Township Route 655 spanning Yellow Creek,...
Significance: This steel-constructed Pratt through truss is a typical metal truss span of the late nineteenth century. It is, however, one of the region's few surviving Keystone Bridge Company spans built for ... More
Christ Reformed Church, 1501-1507 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...
Significance: Christ Reformed Church was the second home of a congregation which was formed in 1863 as the German Reformed Missionary Congregation in Altoona. In 1870, it changed its name to Christ Reformed Chu... More
Town of Star Junction, State Route 51, Star Junction, Fayette County, ...
See also HAER PA-321 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Most of the houses in Star Junction were built by the Washington Coal & Coke Company in the 1890s. The company operated a cok... More
Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop, East of Fourth Avenue at Third Street, A...
Significance: The Erecting Shop was one of the four original shop buildings constructed at Juniata. Survey number: HAER PA-232-C Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More
Casanave Building, 1211-1215 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, P...
Significance: The Casanave Building is a classic and now-rare example of the kind of large, red-brick commercial buildings that dominated the downtown streetscape in the late 19th century. Described in 1892 as ... 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
238 Greene Street (House), Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5685 Building/structure dates: before 1919 Initial Construction
Louis Beezer House, 306 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA
See also HABS PA-5901 for additional documentation. Includes related photographs. Survey number: HABS PA-5900 Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction
McNeal & Black Tannery, North side of Main Street, South of State Rout...
Significance: Once home to numerous tanneries, Bedford County (and its neighbor to the east, Fulton County) contains few remnants of this once locally important industry. The building that once housed the McNe... More
Bedford County Bridge No. 32, Schellsburg Street (Township Route 350) ...
Significance: This wrought-iron Pratt through truss is typical of iron truss spans of the 1870s and 1880s, prior to the ascendancy of all-steel constructed bridges. The Hyndman Iron Bridge is one of the oldest... More
North Hyndman Bridge, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad spanning Wills Creek, ...
Significance: This bridge was built by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the nation's leading nineteenth-century bridge manufacturing concerns. King Bridge was one of the few large bridge buil... More
Martin Asbury Green House, 1501 Fourth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5844 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1889 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1903 Subsequent Work Building/structure da... More
Levi Springer House, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More
100 Block Clinton Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5673 Building/structure dates: after. 1890- before. 1900 Initial Construction
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
Jonathan Gardner House, 203-09 Greene Street, Johnstown, Cambria Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-5689 Building/structure dates: 1909 Initial Construction
248-250 Iron Street (House), Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5773 Building/structure dates: 1889 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
Jackson's Mill Covered Bridge, Spanning Brush Creek on Township Route ...
Significance: Jackson's Mill Covered Bridge employs typical Burr truss arch construction, a wood roof, and wood siding. It was substantially rebuilt in 1992. Survey number: HAER PA-352 Building/structure dat... More
Everett Iron Company, 0.25 mile Southwest of Everett, Earlston, Bedfor...
Survey number: HAER PA-379 Building/structure dates: 1874-1884 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1889 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: before 1910 Subsequent Work
Felten's Mill Covered Bridge, Spanning Brush Creek at junction of Town...
Significance: This is one of several surviving nineteenth century covered bridges in Bedford County. The wooden Burr truss arch construction is typical of such spans. Survey number: HAER PA-350 Building/stru... More
Pennsylvania Turnpike, Everett Headquarters, North side of State Route...
Significance: Everett was selected as a headquarters for maintenance, engineering, and fare collection for the Pennsylvania Turnpike because of its central location on the original turnpike between Irwin and Ca... More
Sylvester & Margaret England House, 300 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Survey number: HABS PA-5884 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
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
Town of Penn-Craft, Penncraft, Fayette County, PA
Written data includes location maps, site plans, & floor plans. Significance: The Town of Penn-Craft was developed as part of a broad reaching effort of the New Deal era intended to relieve the dire economic ru... 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
Griffin No. 1 Coke Works, Along Cats Run, Southeast of Masontown Bouro...
Significance: During peak production, Griffin No. 1 Coke Works operated one battery of double-block rectangular coke ovens. Sections of these ovens remain and are considered some of the best preserved rectangu... More
Royer House, Springfield Furnace, State Highway 866, .25 mile North of...
Significance: Built by the Royer family about 1810; John Royer settled in this area around 1805. Along with his brother Daniel, he established an iron furnace one-quarter mile to the south, on Piney Creek. The ... More
Huntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets, Huntingdon, Huntingdon...
Significance: The Huntingdon Statation was constructed to serve the Pennsylvania Railroad and the H&BT, consolidating functions previously served by two existing buildings. Survey number: HAER PA-244 Building... More
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
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
Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA
See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... 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
Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations, & floor plans. Significance: Kistler was built by the Mount Union Refr... More
Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations, & floor plans. Significance: Kistler was built by the Mount Union Refr... More
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
Town of Claysburg, Claysburg, Blair County, PA
See also HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Significance: The village of Claysburg more than doubled in size when the Standard Refractories Company built a refractory brickyar... More
Town of Sproul, Sproul, Blair County, PA
See also HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Significance: Sproul is an example of a classic company town built and owned entirely by one company to facilitate the operation of... More
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
Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road...
Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... 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
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 47 Walnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria Co...
Written data includes photocopies of floor plans. Significance: Johnstown historically was an important freight and passenger stop on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The station's architectural gran... More
Town of Blandburg, Blandburg, Cambria County, PA
See HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations & floor plans for some of the housing. Significance: Blandburg was formal... 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
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