First Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA
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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
Skew Arch Bridge, Spanning Incline No. 6 at Old U.S. 22 on east slope ...
See also HABS PA-1232 for additional documentation. Additional documentation includes drawings & photographs. Has HABS entry CCN: PA3693. Significance: An outstanding example of an early stone-masonry turnpike... More
Mount Etna Iron Works, Tenant House, East of U.S. Route 22 on T.R. 463...
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Francis Preston Blair to Andrew Jackson, March 2, 1844
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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
Canoe Furnace, On Township Run, North of State Route 866, Williamsburg...
Significance: Built by Henry S. Spang, who operated the nearby Etna Furnace. Spang also was associated with a large rolling mill in Pittsburgh. The Canoe Furnace is the only known surviving conically-shaped s... More
Canoe Furnace, On Township Run, North of State Route 866, Williamsburg...
Significance: Built by Henry S. Spang, who operated the nearby Etna Furnace. Spang also was associated with a large rolling mill in Pittsburgh. The Canoe Furnace is the only known surviving conically-shaped s... 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
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
Mount Etna Iron Works, Forgeman's House No. 1, Legislative Route 07020...
Significance: Mt. Etna Iron Works was one of numerous of charcoal iron producers in the nationally renowned Juniata Iron region. This region was a leading producer of pig iron in the antebellum years. Mt. Etn... More
Blair Cabin, Blair Road, Girard, Erie County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40, FN-44 Survey number: HABS PA-510 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction
Francis Preston Blair to Andrew Jackson, August 20, 1839
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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
Mount Etna Iron Works, Company Store-Residence, East of U.S. Route 22 ...
Significance: Mt. Etna Iron Works was one of numerous of charcoal iron producers in the nationally renowned Juniata Iron region. This region was a leading producer of pig iron in the antebellum years. Mt. Etn... 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
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
Tour of Eugenie Blair, A lady of quality by Francis Hodgson Burnett an...
59796 U.S. Copyright Office "Presenting the distinguished success from Wallack's Theatre, New York." "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Act 1: The duel. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin... More
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Highway 30...
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Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Highway 30...
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Blair, Glass Negative, 1860s - Public domain portrait photograph
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To the united democracy. Seymour, Blair and victory!
An illustrated cover, dedicated "To The United Democracy," contains three Democratic campaign songs--"Seymour Schottisch," "Blair's Polka," and a "Tammany Grand March." Roundel bust portraits of Horatio Seymour... More
A state divided against itself - coin, public domain photograph
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Mrs. Blair's surgical dressing room
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Mrs. Blair's Red Cross sewing club
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Llyswen Methodist Episcopal Church, 308 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...
Survey number: HABS PA-5887 Building/structure dates: 1915- 1916 Initial Construction
1105 Third Avenue (House), Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5816 Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Jacob & Eliza Fries House, Bedford Street, Claysburg, Blair County, PA
See also HABS PA-5973 & PA-5970 for additional information on the refractories industry. Survey number: HABS PA-5979
William & Della Haines House, 216 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair Cou...
Survey number: HABS PA-5883 Building/structure dates: 1961 Initial Construction
Montgomery Blair High School [Silver Spring, Md.], 1935
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Six stages of fat salvage. Save a little fat from the roasting pan, as...
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High school Victory Corps. To release housewives in Silver Spring, Mar...
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Blair Towers, Washington, D.C. View to entrance
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The commemorative march on Blair Mountain on the anniversary of the 19...
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Francis Preston Blair - Andrew Jackson correspondence
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Samuel Blair, Jr. House, 6105 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philade...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS PA-7-5 Building/structure dates: 1806 Initial Construction
Isabel A. Davis House, 704-706 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County...
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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
Archibald Blair Dairy, Smokehouse & Privy, 100 Nicholson Street, Willi...
Significance: The Archibald Blair Dairy and Smokehouse date from the eighteenth century, both were restored in 1930-31 as were the house and the kitchen. An addition to the smokehouse was removed at this time.... More
Juniata Shops, East side of Chestnut Avenue, South of Sixth Street, Al...
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Blair House, Harrison Street, Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Set atop one of Scottsville's highest gradients, the Blair (Tipton) House plainly characterizes the style most prevalent in vernacular architecture during the... More
Mount Etna Iron Works, Ironmaster's House, Legislative Route 07020 & T...
Significance: Mt. Etna Iron Works was one of numerous of charcoal iron producers in the nationally renowned Juniata Iron region. This region was a leading producer of pig iron in the antebellum years. Mt. Etn... More
Mount Etna Iron Works, Ironmaster's House, Legislative Route 07020 & T...
Significance: Mt. Etna Iron Works was one of numerous of charcoal iron producers in the nationally renowned Juniata Iron region. This region was a leading producer of pig iron in the antebellum years. Mt. Etn... 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
Blair Heights, Building No. 8, Maple Avenue, Clairton, Allegheny Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-6642-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blair Heights, Building No. 8, Maple Avenue, Clairton, Allegheny Count...
Survey number: HABS PA-6642-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Blair & Rives to Andrew Jackson, April 1, 1845
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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
[Roy A. Hartzell/Walter Blair, New York Highlanders, baseball card por...
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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
Blair House, 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: The stately residence of Major Gist Blair located in the city of Washington, at 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue, is at once architecturally charming and a veritable treasure house for cultural antiquitie... More
Blair's Ferry Storehouse, 800 Main Street, Loudon, Loudon County, TN
Significance: The Blair's Ferry Storehouse was erected ca. 1835. It is an excellent example of the type of structures that grew up with the river towns - the first major trading centers of the mid-south. Buil... More
Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...
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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
Lincoln Deposit & Trust Company, 1108-1110 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, Bl...
Survey number: HABS PA-5937 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1401-1405 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, ...
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First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1401-1405 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, ...
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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
Thomas Jefferson, November 1773, Anne Blair vs. John Blair Law Case
Anne Blair vs. John Blair Law Case
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