Altoona Mirror Building, 1000 Green Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5814 Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
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
Jacob & Ida Brett House, 208 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-5896 Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction
Michael J. Beezer House, 308 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, P...
See also HABS PA-5900 for additional documentation. Includes photographs (Photographs 4 & 5). Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-312 Survey number: HABS PA-5901 Building/structure d... More
Joseph White House, 1401 Tenth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5801 Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction
Juniata Shops, Blacksmith Shop No. 1, East of Fourth Avenue at Second ...
Significance: The Blacksmith Shop No. 1 was one of the four original Juniata Shop buildings constructed between 1888 and 1890. Survey number: HAER PA-232-A Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction ... More
Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, S...
See also HAER PA-283 for additional documentation. Includes drawings (sheets 5 & 6) & written data (pages 172 through 180). Significance: The Shoaf coke works is the most intact beehive-oven coke plant in Fayet... More
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
820 Twelfth Street (Commercial), Altoona, Blair County, PA
See also HAER PA-108 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS PA-5959 Building/structure dates: ca. 1892 Initial Construction
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
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
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
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
St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Church II, 918 Broad Street, John...
Survey number: HABS PA-5741-B Building/structure dates: 1913- 1914 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1919 Subsequent Work
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
Victor & Etella Faith House, 122-124 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, Cambr...
Survey number: HABS PA-5748 Building/structure dates: ca. 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1965 Subsequent Work
Town of Leisenring, Manager's House No. 2, Leisenring, Fayette County,...
Survey number: HAER PA-298-C Building/structure dates: before 1890 Initial Construction
Sylvester & Margaret England House, 300 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Survey number: HABS PA-5884 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
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
Ricks Foundry, Foundry Building, Miller Avenue off South Mount Vernon ...
Survey number: HAER PA-366-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1928 Subsequent Work
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
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
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
George E. Thackray House, 126 Fayette Street, Johnstown, Cambria Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-5692 Building/structure dates: 1892- ca. 1895 Initial Construction
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
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
Lutz Woolen Factory, 1 mile South of U.S. 30 on East side of Township ...
Significance: The Lutz Woolen Factory is likely the oldest surviving woolen mill in southwestern Pennsylvania. Although much of the machinery has been removed (including two early carding machines, one of whic... More
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Mission, Church, Eighth Avenue & Thirt...
Survey number: HABS PA-5856-A Building/structure dates: 1881- 1882 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
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 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
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
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
Town of Davidson, On Township Route 700 East off State Route 1031, Dav...
Significance: Originally developed by Norton, Faber, and Miskimmer in 1856, the town of Davidson was acquired by the H.C. Frick Coke Company in 1888. Frick expanded the existing coal mine and coke works, opera... 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
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
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
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
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
John C. & Catherine Jackson House, 215 Ruskin Drive, Altoona, Blair Co...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-311 Survey number: HABS PA-5907 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904- ca. 1906 Initial Construction
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
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
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
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
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
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
Altoona Mirror Building, 1000 Green Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5814 Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Michael J. Beezer House, 308 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, P...
See also HABS PA-5900 for additional documentation. Includes photographs (Photographs 4 & 5). Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-312 Survey number: HABS PA-5901 Building/structure d... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Edward H. Bowers House, 302 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5899 Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction
L. H. Mayer Building, 414 Locust Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Written data includes photocopies of elevations & sections. Significance: The building was constructed in 1913-14 for physician L. H. Mayer. When it was built, the Mayer Building was by far the largest and most... More
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
Joseph Komara House I, 403-403 1/2 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria...
Survey number: HABS PA-5750 Building/structure dates: ca. 1891 Initial Construction
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
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
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
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
Llyswen Station, 218 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5898 Building/structure dates: 1895- 1896 Initial Construction
Burnt Cabins Gristmill, Spanning South branch of Little Aughwick Creek...
Significance: This mill is the best preserved mid-nineteenth century grist mill in Fulton County. It is still in operation and is typical of small-scale grain processing from the nineteenth century. Survey nu... 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
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
Carnegie Free Library, 301 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Fay...
Significance: Connellsville was the regional center of the world famous Connellsville coking fields that supplied the Pittsburgh steel industry during its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Andrew ... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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