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
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
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
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
Everett Iron Company, Office Building, 0.25 mile Southwest of Everett,...
Survey number: HAER PA-379-C Building/structure dates: before 1910 Initial Construction
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
Harry M. Hay House, 143 Greene Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5686 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction
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
Cambria City & Minersville Neighborhoods, Johnstown, Cambria County, P...
Written data includes a photocopy of a location map. Survey number: HABS PA-5672 Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work
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
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
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
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
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
David A. Little House II, 1303-1305 Seventh Street, Altoona, Blair Cou...
Survey number: HABS PA-5813 Building/structure dates: 1909 Initial Construction
John Schondardt House, 600 Luzerne Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5695 Building/structure dates: ca. 1911 Initial Construction
E. A., Jr., & Marguerite Caum House, 104 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bl...
Survey number: HABS PA-5874 Building/structure dates: ca. 1911- ca. 1914 Initial Construction
Ward Avenue Presbyterian Parsonage, 101 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Survey number: HABS PA-5873 Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction
Corl's Store, 208 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5880 Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1989 Subsequent Work
William H. & Louise Burkhard House, 603 Tioga Street, Johnstown, Cambr...
Written data includes a photocopy of an elevation. Survey number: HABS PA-5696 Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction
W. S. Hostler House, 1303 Ninth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5807 Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
John & Emma Wright House I, 205 Fifteenth Street, Altoona, Blair Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-5867 Building/structure dates: 1884 Initial Construction
Juniata Shops, Flue Shed, East of Fourth Avenue, North of First Street...
Significance: The Flue Shed, an installation facility, contributed to the operations of the Boiler Shop. Survey number: HAER PA-232-E Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
Everett Iron Company, Locomotive Shop, 0.25 mile Southwest of Everett,...
Survey number: HAER PA-379-B Building/structure dates: before 1910 Initial Construction
Ricks Foundry, Office, Miller Avenue off South Mount Vernon Street, Un...
Survey number: HAER PA-366-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, 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
Ludwig & Frances Leix House I, 1329 Third Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-5819 Building/structure dates: 1876- 1877 Initial Construction
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
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
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
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
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
Lawrence, Jr., & Caroline Long Kimmel House, 1331 Second Avenue, Altoo...
Survey number: HABS PA-5826 Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction
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
Pennsylvania Railroad Company House, 1121-23 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, B...
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 hous... More
Ricks Foundry, Machine Shop, Miller Avenue off South Mount Vernon Stre...
Survey number: HAER PA-366-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 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
Ricks Foundry, Machine Shop, Miller Avenue off South Mount Vernon Stre...
Survey number: HAER PA-366-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Subsequent Work
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
U.S. Post Office, 1201 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The U.S. Post Office, designed by the local architectural firm of Royer and Anglemeyer in 1931, is the city's outstanding example of Art Deco style. The monumental Neoclassical building, of Indian... 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
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
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
Cambria City & Minersville Neighborhoods, Johnstown, Cambria County, P...
Written data includes a photocopy of a location map. Survey number: HABS PA-5672 Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work
Harry & Harriet Bott House, 100 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-5872 Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction
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
Colonial Mines Bathhouse, Smock, Fayette County, PA
Significance: Constructed by the H.C. Frick Coke Company during the late 1910s expansion of the company's coal properties in the Connellsville and Klondike districts, this building originally served as a bath a... More
140 Colgate Avenue (House), Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Written data includes photocopies of floor plans & elevations. Survey number: HABS PA-5683 Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction
Jacob Good House, 1225-1225 1/2-1227 Seventh Avenue, Altoona, Blair Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-5853 Building/structure dates: before 1881 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1909- before. 1932 Subsequent Work
Fifth Avenue Hotel, 502-504 Broad Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-5735 Building/structure dates: 1881- ca. 1889 Initial Construction
42 Lehigh Street (House), Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5679 Building/structure dates: ca. 1889- ca. 1891 Initial Construction
Star Supply Company, Church Street & Old State Route 51, Star Junction...
See also HAER PA-320 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Survey number: HAER PA-321 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction
Ricks Foundry, Storage Shed, Miller Avenue off South Mount Vernon Stre...
Survey number: HAER PA-366-D Public domain photograph of a shed, barn, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Mary's Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, Church, 401 Power Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5742-A Building/structure dates: 1920- 1922 Initial Construction
St. Mary's Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, Church, 401 Power Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5742-A Building/structure dates: 1920- 1922 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
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