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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

Montgomery Blair to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 05, 1861 (Comm...

First Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Mount Etna Iron Works, Tenant House, East of U.S. Route 22 on T.R. 463...

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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

Andrew Jackson to Francis Preston Blair, August 11, 1843

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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

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

Francis Preston Blair to Andrew Jackson, December 25, 1843

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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

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

J. C. Blair Company Complex, Building A, Corner of Sixth & Penn Street...

Significance: When first erected, the seven-story Building A, based on H.H. Richardson's design of the Marshall Field warehouse in Chicago, was said to be the tallest structure between Pittsburgh and Philadelph... 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

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

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

1011-1013 Lexington Avenue (House), Carriage House, Altoona, Blair Cou...

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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

Birmingham Bridge, Spanning Little Juniata River at local road South o...

Significance: This single span pin-connected Pratt through-truss is unique for a Pratt truss in that the portals contain hip verticals that carry compressive stresses (hip verticals for the standard Pratt truss... More

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

Washington, District of Columbia. The Grand Review of the Army. Genera...

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Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Highway 30...

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F P Blair - Print, Library of Congress collection

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Seymour and Blair! ... National Democratic campaign song ... [n. p. n....

Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 16.

General Frank Blair and Staff, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Ne...

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Seymour and Blair - Public domain portrait print

Photograph of drawing shows Horotio Seymour and Francis Preston Blair, 1868 Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates, half-length portrait, Seymour facing front, Blair facing left.

Altoona Car Shops, Fire Engine House No. 8, 201 Chestnut Avenue, Altoo...

Significance: Built in 1871, the Fire Engine House No. 8 displays architectural details which are consistent with the early construction period of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER... More

Dr. V. Blair - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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Emily Newell Blair - Public domain portrait print

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Bertha & Joseph Zierer House, 1404 Second Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...

Survey number: HABS PA-5827 Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction

1117 Ninth Avenue (Commercial), 1117 Ninth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Coun...

Significance: Adjacent to the Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works, the largest railroad-owned construction shops in the country, this building provided services for the railroad builders and engineers who lived... More

Haller's Eagle Bakery, 1206-1210 Fifth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...

Survey number: HABS PA-5846 Building/structure dates: 1924- 1925 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1967 Subsequent Work

N. Titulescu, Mellon, F.G. Blair, [12/4/25]

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Historical houses. Blair House I

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Frederick & Lisette Ball House, 707 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair C...

Survey number: HABS PA-5811 Building/structure dates: 1897 Initial Construction

1210 Third Avenue (House), Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5818 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John & Ellen Eirhart House, 1220 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, ...

Survey number: HABS PA-5849 Building/structure dates: ca. 1892 Initial Construction

Isabel A. Davis House II, 700 Lexington Avenue, Altoona, Blair County,...

Survey number: HABS PA-5806 Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction

Mrs. Blair Banister, Assistant to the Treasurer of the United States t...

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Palm Beach : architecture and gardens. Wolcott Blair residence on Ocea...

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Home of agricultural workers in Arizona. Two families live in this hou...

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Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland. Making model pl...

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Washington, D.C. Blair House - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

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Sarah Furnace, Tenant House, West side of U.S. Route 220, Sproul, Blai...

Survey number: HAER PA-180-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clair F. & Jean Shank House, 300 Wordsworth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Cou...

Survey number: HABS PA-5912 Building/structure dates: 1966 Initial Construction

The commemorative march on Blair Mountain on the anniversary of the 19...

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Door detail in front entrance hall, Blair House, located across from t...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Fireplace detail, Blair House, located across from the White House, Wa...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Blair-Lee dining room fireplace detail, Blair House, located across fr...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Front exterior, Blair House, located across from the White House, Wash...

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Upstairs bedroom fireplace detail, Blair House, located across from th...

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Francis Preston Blair - Andrew Jackson correspondence

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Sylvester & Margaret England House, 300 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...

Survey number: HABS PA-5884 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction

Sylvester & Margaret England House, 300 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Bla...

Survey number: HABS PA-5884 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction

Hebrew Reform Temple, 1433 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, P...

Significance: Hebrew Reform Temple is distinguished by its eclectic Moorish, an 1898 design by Altoona's premier architect, Charles M. Robinson. Constructed for the Mountain City Hebrew Reform Congregation, a s... More

Ludwig & Frances Leix House I, 1329 Third Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...

Survey number: HABS PA-5819 Building/structure dates: 1876- 1877 Initial Construction

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

John H. Westley House, 1200 Third Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5833 Building/structure dates: 1881 Initial Construction

John H. Westley House, 1200 Third Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5833 Building/structure dates: 1881 Initial Construction

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylva...

Oct 1906. 13 Sheet(s). Includes Duncansville, Gaysport. Pennsylvania fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose... More

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1301 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, B...

Significance: Overlooking the city of Altoona from the peak of Gospel Hill, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is a landmark on the Altoona skyline. Although construction began in 1924 to replace a 19th cen... More

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1301 Thirteenth Avenue, Altoona, B...

Significance: Overlooking the city of Altoona from the peak of Gospel Hill, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is a landmark on the Altoona skyline. Although construction began in 1924 to replace a 19th cen... More

Juniata Shops, Turntable, South of Sixth Street at Third Avemue, Altoo...

Significance: A typical electrically powered turntable used in conjunction with the adjacent Erecting Shops and Machine Shops (HAER No. PA-232-D). Survey number: HAER PA-232-K

Red Water Tower, Blair & Bissell Streets, Saint Louis, Independent Cit...

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Elias Baker House, Allegheny Furnace, Union Avenue & Cresent Road, Alt...

Significance: Designed by Baltimore architect Robert Carey for Elias Baker, a prominent ironmaster who operated Allegheny Furnace, near the Baker house, and Indiana Furnace, near Armagh in Indiana County. Sur... More

Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5785 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction

Francis Preston Blair to Andrew Jackson, December 14, 1834

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Joseph & Barbara Fleig House, 1329 Fourth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Count...

Survey number: HABS PA-5842 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1888- 1894 Subsequent Work

Llyswen Station, 218 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5898 Building/structure dates: 1895- 1896 Initial Construction

General Refractories Company, House, 14 Reed Street, Sproul, Blair Cou...

See also HABS PA-5973 & PA-5971 for additional information on the refractories industry. Survey number: HABS PA-5998 Building/structure dates: ca. 1912 Initial Construction

Sarah Furnace, Grist Mill, Sproul, Blair County, PA

Significance: One of only two water powered grist mills which survive in Blair County and which were operated in conjunction with the region's numerous iron plantations. The Grist Mill retains its nineteenth c... More

Sarah Furnace, Grist Mill, Sproul, Blair County, PA

Significance: One of only two water powered grist mills which survive in Blair County and which were operated in conjunction with the region's numerous iron plantations. The Grist Mill retains its nineteenth c... More

Blair Heights, State Street, Maple Avenue, Chamber & Francis Avenue, C...

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St. James German Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1401-1405 Eighth Avenue,...

Survey number: HABS PA-5860 Building/structure dates: 1889- 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work

St. James German Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1401-1405 Eighth Avenue,...

Survey number: HABS PA-5860 Building/structure dates: 1889- 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work

St. James German Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1401-1405 Eighth Avenue,...

Survey number: HABS PA-5860 Building/structure dates: 1889- 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work

1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA

Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More

1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA

Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... More

1101 Chestnut Avenue (Commercial Building), Altoona, Blair County, PA

Photo caption pages & written data include a site plan. Significance: It is one of the oldest remaining structures in the Altoona area in addition to possessing an unique stone facade. Survey number: HABS PA-... 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