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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
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(added 1966 - Blair County - #66000648)
U.S. 22, Johnstown
(11349 acres, 1 building, 13 structures)
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| Historic Significance: |
Event, Architecture/Engineering
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Unknown
| | Architectural Style: |
No Style Listed
| | Area of Significance: |
Engineering, Transportation, Commerce
| | Period of Significance: |
1825-1849, 1850-1874
| | Owner: |
Federal
| | Historic Function: |
Transportation
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Rail-Related
| | Current Function: |
Recreation And Culture
| | Current Sub-function: |
Museum
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Broad Avenue Historic District
(added 2002 - Blair County - #02000806)
Roughly along Broad Ave., from 23rd to 31st Sts., Altoona
(300 acres, 140 buildings)
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| Historic Significance: |
Architecture/Engineering
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Beezer Brothers
| | Architectural Style: |
Italianate, Colonial Revival
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture
| | Period of Significance: |
1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
| | Owner: |
Private
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Local Gov't
| | Historic Function: |
Domestic, Religion
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
| | Current Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
| | Current Sub-function: |
Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
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Downtown Altoona Historic District
(added 1992 - Blair County - #92000946)
Also known as See Also:Dudley,Charles P.,House;Central Trust Company Build
Roughly bounded by 11th Ave., 11th St., 15th Ave. and 13th St., also 700--1000 Lexington and 900--1000 Howard Aves., Altoona
(460 acres, 229 buildings)
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| Historic Significance: |
Event, Architecture/Engineering
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Multiple
| | Architectural Style: |
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture, Commerce
| | Period of Significance: |
1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
| | Owner: |
Private
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Local Gov't
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Federal
| | Historic Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Business, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
| | Current Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
| | Current Sub-function: |
Business, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
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Downtown Altoona Historic District (Boundary Increase)
(added 2004 - Blair County - #04000885)
1330-1410 and 1409-1431 11th Ave. and 1331-1429 Ave., Altoona
(39 acres, 11 buildings)
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| Historic Significance: |
Event, Architecture/Engineering
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Puderbaugh, D.G., Robinson, Charles M.
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Late Gothic Revival, Early Commercial
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture, Commerce
| | Period of Significance: |
1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
| | Owner: |
Private
| | Historic Function: |
Commerce/Trade
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Business
| | Current Function: |
Commerce/Trade
| | Current Sub-function: |
Business
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Etna Furnace
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(added 1973 - Blair County - #73001593)
Also known as See Also:Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase);Etna Furnace (Boun
N of Williamsburg, Catharine Township, Williamsburg
(1500 acres, 4 buildings, 1 structure)
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| Historic Significance: |
Event
| | Area of Significance: |
Industry, Commerce
| | Period of Significance: |
1800-1824
| | Owner: |
Private
| | Historic Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
| | Current Function: |
Domestic, Work In Progress
| | Current Sub-function: |
Single Dwelling
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Etna Furnace (Boundary Decrease)
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(added 1991 - Blair County - #91001369)
Also known as See Also:Etna Furnace;Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase)
Roughly, area W of Etna Furnace buildings, N and S of Roaring Run, Mt. Etna
(940 acres)
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| Historic Significance: |
Event
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Industry
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1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874
| | Owner: |
Private
| | Historic Function: |
Industry/Processing/Extraction
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Manufacturing Facility
| | Current Function: |
Vacant/Not In Use
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Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase)
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(added 1991 - Blair County - #91001145)
Also known as Mount Etna Furnace;Aetna Furnace;Aetna Iron Works;See Also:E
Roughly, area S and E of Frankstown Br. Juniata R. bend at Mt. Etna, Catherine Township, Mt. Etna
(1050 acres, 5 buildings, 1 structure)
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| Historic Significance: |
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Unknown
| | Architectural Style: |
Other
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture, Industry, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Community Planning And Development
| | Cultural Affiliation: |
Industrial American
| | Period of Significance: |
1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874
| | Owner: |
Private
| | Historic Function: |
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
| | Current Function: |
Domestic
| | Current Sub-function: |
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
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Hollidaysburg Historic District
(added 1985 - Blair County - #85003158)
Also known as See Also:Blair County Courthouse;Highland Hall
Roughly bounded by Spruce, Bella, Blair, and Juniata Sts., Hollidaysburg
(1023 acres, 426 buildings)
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| Historic Significance: |
Event, Architecture/Engineering
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Multiple
| | Architectural Style: |
Federal, Late Victorian, Mid 19th Century Revival
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture, Industry, Transportation, Politics/Government, Commerce
| | Period of Significance: |
1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
| | Owner: |
Private
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Local Gov't
| | Historic Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Courthouse, Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
| | Current Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
| | Current Sub-function: |
Courthouse, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
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Knickerbocker Historic District
(added 2002 - Blair County - #02000064)
4th, 5th and 6th Aves., Burgoon Rd., 40th and 41sts., Altoona
(135 acres, 153 buildings)
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| Historic Significance: |
Architecture/Engineering
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Knickerbocker Contracting Co.
| | Architectural Style: |
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture
| | Period of Significance: |
1900-1924, 1925-1949
| | Owner: |
Private
| | Historic Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Business, Single Dwelling
| | Current Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
| | Current Sub-function: |
Business, Single Dwelling
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Llyswen Historic District
(added 2002 - Blair County - #02000807)
Coleridge, Logan, Aldrich bounded by Mill Run and Ward, Altoona
(600 acres, 166 buildings)
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| Historic Significance: |
Architecture/Engineering
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Beezer Brothers, et.al.
| | Architectural Style: |
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture
| | Period of Significance: |
1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
| | Owner: |
Private
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Local Gov't
| | Historic Function: |
Domestic, Education, Religion
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
| | Current Function: |
Domestic, Education, Religion
| | Current Sub-function: |
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
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Roaring Spring Historic District
(added 1995 - Blair County - #95000133)
Roughly bounded by Barley, Lower, Walnut, Roosevelt, California, Hickory, Fairview, Sugar and N. Main Sts., Roaring Spring
(2330 acres, 573 buildings, 2 structures)
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| Historic Significance: |
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Roaring Spring Planing Mill Co.
| | Architectural Style: |
Other, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
| | Historic Person: |
Bare,Daniel Mathias
| | Significant Year: |
1867
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture, Industry, Social History
| | Period of Significance: |
1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
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Private
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Local Gov't
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Federal
| | Historic Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Cemetery, Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling
| | Current Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
| | Current Sub-function: |
Cemetery, Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling
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Tyrone Borough Historic District
(added 1993 - Blair County - #92001823)
Also known as See Also:Tyrone Armory
Roughly bounded by W. 14th St., Logan Ave., Bald Eagle Ave., the Little Juniata R., W. 8th St. and Jefferson Ave., Tyrone
(1190 acres, 349 buildings, 2 structures)
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| Historic Significance: |
Event, Architecture/Engineering
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Multiple
| | Architectural Style: |
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture, Commerce
| | Period of Significance: |
1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
| | Owner: |
Private
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Local Gov't
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Federal
| | Historic Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
| | Current Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
| | Current Sub-function: |
Department Store, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
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Williamsburg Historic District
(added 1995 - Blair County - #95000518)
Approximately 30 square blocks centered around Second and High Sts., Williamsburg
(1600 acres, 362 buildings)
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| Historic Significance: |
Architecture/Engineering, Event
| | Architect, builder, or engineer: |
Rhule, David S.
| | Architectural Style: |
Federal, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
| | Area of Significance: |
Architecture, Commerce
| | Period of Significance: |
1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
| | Owner: |
Private
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Local Gov't
| | Historic Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Religion
| | Historic Sub-function: |
Financial Institution, Professional, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
| | Current Function: |
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Religion
| | Current Sub-function: |
Financial Institution, Professional, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
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