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
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, 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
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
Johnstown Public Library, 304 Washington Street, Johnstown, Cambria Co...
Significance: The library owes its original existence and reconstruction to the steel industry. In 1877, the Cambria Iron Company gave the Washington Street site to the Cambria Library Association, and two year... 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 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 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
John & Emma Wright House, 1506 Second Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-5830 Building/structure dates: 1884 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 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
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
Everett Iron Company, Office Building, 0.25 mile Southwest of Everett,...
Survey number: HAER PA-379-C Building/structure dates: before 1910 Initial Construction
Immaculate Conception Church of the Blessed Virgin, 308 Broad Street, ...
Survey number: HABS PA-5738 Building/structure dates: 1906-1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1977 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1... More
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
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
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
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
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
John S. Seeds House I, 801 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5812 Building/structure dates: 1907 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
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
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
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
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
Alexander & Mary McLaughlin House, 210-212 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, B...
Survey number: HABS PA-5897 Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction