National Register of Historic Places - Pennsylvania (PA), Blair County

Blair County Pennsylvania (Historic Districts) has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Etna Furnace, Etna Furnace (Boundary Decrease) and Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase) and Broad Avenue Historic District.

The famous person Daniel Mathias Bare is associated with one of more of the Blair County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Blair County places including Barree Billy Moore, Beezer Brothers, David S. Rhule, D.G. Puderbaugh, Charles M. Robinson, Roaring Spring Planing Mill Co. and Knickerbocker Contracting Co.. Prominent architectural styles found in Blair Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian and Colonial Revival.

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (added 1966 - - #66000648)

U.S. 22 , Johnstown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Broad Avenue Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000806)

Roughly along Broad Ave., from 23rd to 31st Sts. , Altoona

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Beezer Brothers

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

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

Downtown Altoona Historic District (added 1992 - - #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

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Federal, Private

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

Downtown Altoona Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2004 - - #04000885)

1330-1410 and 1409-1431 11th Ave. and 1331-1429 Ave. , Altoona

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Puderbaugh, D.G., Robinson, Charles M.

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Etna Furnace (added 1973 - - #73001593)

Also known as See Also:Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase);Etna Furnace (Boun

N of Williamsburg, Catharine Township , Williamsburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry

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

Etna Furnace (Boundary Decrease) (added 1991 - - #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

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase) (added 1991 - - #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

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Industrial American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

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

Hollidaysburg Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003158)

Also known as See Also:Blair County Courthouse;Highland Hall

Roughly bounded by Spruce, Bella, Blair, and Juniata Sts. , Hollidaysburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian, Federal

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Transportation, Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

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

Knickerbocker Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000064)

4th, 5th and 6th Aves., Burgoon Rd., 40th and 41sts. , Altoona

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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:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Llyswen Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000807)

Coleridge, Logan, Aldrich bounded by Mill Run and Ward , Altoona

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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:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

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

Roaring Spring Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000133)

Roughly bounded by Barley, Lower, Walnut, Roosevelt, California, Hickory, Fairview, Sugar and N. Main Sts. , Roaring Spring

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Roaring Spring Planing Mill Co.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Other

Historic Person:

Bare,Daniel Mathias

Significant Year:

1867

Area of Significance:

Social History, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

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

Tyrone Borough Historic District (added 1993 - - #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

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

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

Williamsburg Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000518)

Approximately 30 square blocks centered around Second and High Sts. , Williamsburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rhule, David S.

Architectural Style:

Federal, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

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