Johnstown Passenger Railway Company, Baumer Street Powerhouse, Baumer ...
Significance: This structure, completed in 1900, was the second powerhouse constructed by the Johnstown Company. The first was located immediately behind it against the hillside from which coal was mined. Som... More
Harrigan-Sturver Building, 134 Iron Street, Johnstown, Cambria County,...
Survey number: HABS PA-5782 Building/structure dates: 1903-1906 Initial Construction
Woodvale Post Office, 5-7 Main Street, Woodvale, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5575 Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Superintendent's House, Southeas...
See also HABS PA-5973 & PA-5972 for related information on the refractories industry. Survey number: HABS PA-6000
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Iron Foundry, 525 Central Avenue, J...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-D Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1895 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1899 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1902 ... More
Cambria Steel Company, East Boiler House, Lower Works, Johnstown, Camb...
Significance: Improvement to the early blast furnace plant were made in the late 1890s, shortly after the formation of the Cambria Steel Company, including the construction of new boiler houses. Dating from ab... More
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
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, House, 4 Boyd Street, Blandburg,...
See also HABS PA-5973 & PA-5972 for related information on the refractories industry. Survey number: HABS PA-6001 Building/structure dates: ca. 1905 Initial Construction
Allegheny Portage Railroad, Staple Bend Tunnel, East of Cambria Railro...
Survey number: HABS PA-1233 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 94001187
Cambria Iron Company, East side of Conemaugh River, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The Cambria Ironworks is a part of a National Historic Landmark district recognized for its association with such renowned figures as John Fritz, Captain Bill Jones, Daniel J. Morrell, and William... More
9-10 Pine Street (House), Woodvale, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5571 Building/structure dates: after 1910 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cambria Iron Company, Foundry, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria County,...
Significance: The iron foundry consists of a large two-story structure with ornate brick walls and a mansard slate-covered roof. Cambria Iron Company operated the foundry not as a commercial enterprise, but ra... 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
Cambria Iron Company, Rolling Mill Office, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cam...
Significance: The building has wrought-iron beam flooring, brick vaulting, an intersecting gable roof framed with wood rafters, and a stone foundation. It retains the stair tower featuring a wrought-iron spira... More
Cambria Iron Company, Rolling Mill Office, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cam...
Significance: The building has wrought-iron beam flooring, brick vaulting, an intersecting gable roof framed with wood rafters, and a stone foundation. It retains the stair tower featuring a wrought-iron spira... More
Penn Traffic Building, 319 Washington Street, Johnstown, Cambria Count...
Significance: The present six-story brick building was erected in 1908, with additions made in 1924 and 1949 for the Penn Traffic Company, an outgrowth of the Cambria Iron Company's company store. When the pres... 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
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
Town of Colver, Colver, Cambria County, PA
Significance: The town of Colver was built between 1911 and 1921 by the Ebensburg Coal Company. The partners of the company, John H. Weaver and B. Dawson Coleman, named the town from a combination of their las... More
Allegheny Portage Railroad, Bens Creek Culvert, Spanning Bens Creek at...
Significance: It is significant as an outstanding example of early 19th century masonry arch construction, and for its association with the Allgeheny Portage Railroad, which the bridge originally carried across... More
Samuel Lemon House, Gallitzin Road (LR07068), U.S. Route 22 vicinity, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-192 Survey number: HABS PA-1236
Cambria Road Bridge, Spanning West branch of St. Joseph River on Cambr...
Significance: The Cambria Road Bridge is the only known surviving example of a bridge built by an Ohio company of this era in Michigan. Survey number: HAER MI-43 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, Clifton Street & Little Conemaugh...
Significance: Acquired by Bethlehem Steel in 1893, the works feature one of the few remaining hand-operated rolling mils, the 12" Mill, which was closed in 1990. The buildings are largely vacant; however, part... More
Eureka No. 40, East of State Route 56, north of Little Paint Creek, Sc...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Tunnel, Beneath Allegheny Mountain, e...
Significance: It is an example of a mid-19th century railroad tunnel featuring ashlar masonry portals and a brick arch lining. Upon completion it was the longest railroad tunnel in America, allowing railcars to... More
Horner Street Bridge, Horner Street over Stonycreek River, Johnstown, ...
Significance: The bridge is a double span, reinforced concrete, through arch bridge. Designed by Consulting Engineer Gustav A. Fink and built in 1916-17 by John L. Elder under contract to Johnstown, the bridge ... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blacksmith Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The blacksmith shop is the earliest surviving building of the Cambria Iron Company. The shop produced a wide range of metal products throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and c... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
William Oakley House, 27 Clarion Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5691 Building/structure dates: 1904- 1905 Initial Construction
St. Stephen's Slovak Catholic Church, 414 Fourth Avenue, Johnstown, Ca...
Survey number: HABS PA-5744 Building/structure dates: 1909- 1911 Initial Construction
Westmont Neighborhood, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Written data includes photocopies of maps, advertisements & photographs. Survey number: HABS PA-5671 Building/structure dates: ca. 1891 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1901 Subsequent Work Buil... More
216-18 Wyoming Street (House), Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5680 Building/structure dates: ca. 1891 Initial Construction
13 Fulton Street (House), Woodvale, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5579 Building/structure dates: after 1910 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Row of cottages in old coal mining town of Cambria, Wyoming
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. Cambria, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Preacher conducting hymn singing. Pentecostal church, Cambria, Illinoi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Prayer during revival meeting. Pentecostal church, Cambria, Illinois
Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Colver Hotel, Reese Avenue & Fifth Street, Colver, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HAER PA-330 Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction
McCreary House, 169 Iron Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Revloc Mine, Wash House, Between Cambria & Indiana Spur Mainline, Revl...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Skew Arch Bridge, Spanning Incline No. 6 at U.S. Route 22 (Old), Cress...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Skew Arch Bridge, Spanning Incline No. 6 at U.S. Route 22 (Old), Cress...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Allegheny Portage Railroad, Lilly Culvert, Spanning Burgoon Run at Sta...
Significance: It is significant as an outstanding example of early 19th century masonry arch construction, and for its association with the Allgeheny Portage Railroad, which the bridge originally carried across... More
R.T.Y.C. Schr. Cambria 199 tons: James Ashbury Esq., London and Bright...
Artists: Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5685
Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6 Blowing Engine House, L...
Significance: The original blowing engine house, erected about 1873, comprises the two southernmost bays of the current Blast Furnace Engine House. Importantly, the southern half of the Engine House remains la... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6 Blowing Engine House, L...
Significance: The original blowing engine house, erected about 1873, comprises the two southernmost bays of the current Blast Furnace Engine House. Importantly, the southern half of the Engine House remains la... More
Cambria Iron Company, East side of Conemaugh River, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The Cambria Ironworks is a part of a National Historic Landmark district recognized for its association with such renowned figures as John Fritz, Captain Bill Jones, Daniel J. Morrell, and William... More
Cambria Iron Company, East side of Conemaugh River, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The Cambria Ironworks is a part of a National Historic Landmark district recognized for its association with such renowned figures as John Fritz, Captain Bill Jones, Daniel J. Morrell, and William... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6, Lower Works, Johnstown...
Significance: The two furnaces were the largest in the area and nearly identical in size to the impressive Lucy No. 2 (1878) and Edgar Thomson "A" (1880), two of Andrew Carnegie's blast furnaces in Pittsburgh. ... More
Cambria & Indiana Railroad, Colver, Cambria County, PA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Drawing Room & Laying-Out Floor Bui...
Survey number: HAER PA-271-A Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction
Cambria Iron Company, Foundry, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria County,...
Significance: The iron foundry consists of a large two-story structure with ornate brick walls and a mansard slate-covered roof. Cambria Iron Company operated the foundry not as a commercial enterprise, but ra... More
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Cambria Iron Company, Gautier Works, 12" Mill, Clinton Street & Little...
Survey number: HAER PA-314-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 89001101
Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 S...
Significance: This single-span, pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge was constructed across the Stonycreek River in conjunction with an inclined plane railway shortly after the Johnstown Flood of 189... More
Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 S...
Significance: This single-span, pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge was constructed across the Stonycreek River in conjunction with an inclined plane railway shortly after the Johnstown Flood of 189... More
Maryland Shaft No. 2, Headframe, East of State Route 160, Wilmore, Cam...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pennsylvania Railroad, Conemaugh River Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh Riv...
Significance: This structure is the first large stone arch bridge among many that defined Chief Engineer William H. Brown's reputation as the Pennsylvania Railroad's "stone man." The site is also significant as... More
Cambria Steel Company, Machine Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria C...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fifficktown Bridge, Spanning Little Conemaugh River, South Fork, Cambr...
Significance: Constructed by a prominent Pittsburgh bridge building firm, this structure served the coal communities of South Fork and Ehrenfeld. The bridge also carried an interurban line across the Little Co... More
Samuel Lemon House, Gallitzin Road (LR07068), U.S. Route 22 vicinity, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-192 Survey number: HABS PA-1236
Samuel Lemon House, Gallitzin Road (LR07068), U.S. Route 22 vicinity, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-192 Survey number: HABS PA-1236
Cambria Road Bridge, Spanning West branch of St. Joseph River on Cambr...
Significance: The Cambria Road Bridge is the only known surviving example of a bridge built by an Ohio company of this era in Michigan. Survey number: HAER MI-43 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Cambria Road Bridge, Spanning West branch of St. Joseph River on Cambr...
Significance: The Cambria Road Bridge is the only known surviving example of a bridge built by an Ohio company of this era in Michigan. Survey number: HAER MI-43 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
238 Greene Street (House), Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5685 Building/structure dates: before 1919 Initial Construction
Eliza Furnace, North side of State Route 3045, 0.75 mile Northwest of ...
Significance: The Eliza Furnace is one of the best preserved remnants of the early iron industry in the region. It is an early example of a "hot blast" iron furnace, retaining the original cast-iron heat excha... More
Horner Street Bridge, Horner Street over Stonycreek River, Johnstown, ...
Significance: The bridge is a double span, reinforced concrete, through arch bridge. Designed by Consulting Engineer Gustav A. Fink and built in 1916-17 by John L. Elder under contract to Johnstown, the bridge ... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blacksmith Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The blacksmith shop is the earliest surviving building of the Cambria Iron Company. The shop produced a wide range of metal products throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and c... More
Cambria Iron Company, Blacksmith Shop, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The blacksmith shop is the earliest surviving building of the Cambria Iron Company. The shop produced a wide range of metal products throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and c... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project, Beginning on Conemaugh River...
Significance: The project is significant example of a specialized engineering structure designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1937-38 and constructed between 1938-43. It was then the second largest fl... More
Panoramic view Franklin Works, Cambria Steel Co., Johnstown, Pennsylva...
Postcard shows Franklin Works Cambria Steel Company's plant and factories. J 66301 U.S. Copyright Office. Division of Prints No. 42514. Written on verso: Davenport Mfg Co.
Glosser Brothers Department Store, Annex, 435-449 Franklin Street, Joh...
Survey number: HABS PA-5783-A Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Office, Reade Street, Blandburg,...
See also HABS PA-5973 & PA-5972 for related information on the refractories industry. Survey number: HABS PA-5999
St. Michael's Greek Orthodox Social Hall, High Street, Woodvale, Cambr...
Survey number: HABS PA-5569 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reade Township High School, Blandburg, Cambria County, PA
See also HABS PA-5973 & PA-5972 for related information on the refractories industry. Survey number: HABS PA-5983
Abandoned store. Cambria, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Skew Arch Bridge, Spanning Incline No. 6 at U.S. Route 22 (Old), Cress...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Eureka No. 40, Fan House, East of State Route 56, north of Little Pain...
Significance: The Fan House was part of a widely praised mine ventilation system developed by the Berwind-White Company and implemented at Eureka No. 40. Survey number: HAER PA-184-A Building/structure dates:... More
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, House, 4 Boyd Street, Blandburg,...
See also HABS PA-5973 & PA-5972 for related information on the refractories industry. Survey number: HABS PA-6001 Building/structure dates: ca. 1905 Initial Construction
Ruins of Cambria Iron Mills from stone bridge P.R.R., Johnstown Flood,...
17831 U.S. Copyright Office Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cambria & Indiana Railroad, Engine House No. 1, Colver, Cambria County...
Significance: The Engine House No. 1 is part of a larger rail yard and shop complex built in the late 1910s by the Cambria & Indiana Railroad, captive railroad of the Ebensburg Coal Company. This company was o... More
Town of Eureka No. 42, Northeast of Windber, Windber, Somerset County,...
Survey number: HAER PA-335 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rockhill Iron & Coal Company, Mule Barn, Woodvale, Cambria County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5567-E Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maryland Shaft No. 2, Blacksmith Shop, East of State Route 160, Wilmor...
Survey number: HAER PA-182-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1969- before. 1980 Subsequent Work
Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, 525 Central Avenue, Johnstown, Camb...
Significance: Founded by Thomas L. Johnson, who was later Progressive mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and British-born engineer Arthur J. Moxham, the Johnson Steel Street Rail Company produced the Jaybird rail, paten... More
Cambria & Indiana Railroad, Blacksmith Shop, .25 miles northwest of Co...
Significance: The Blacksmith Shop is part of a larger rail yard and shop complex built in the late 1910s by the Cambria & Indiana Railroad, captive railroad of the Ebensburg Coal Company. This company was one ... More