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

Cambria County Pennsylvania (Vacant / Not In Use) has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Staple Bend Tunnel, Colver Historic District, Eliza Furnace and Jones, Benjamin F., Cottage and Cambria Public Library Building.

The famous person Benjamin Franklin Jones is associated with one of more of the Cambria County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cambria County places including Sylvester Welch, Appleton, J. & E., Builders, Horace Trumbauer, S.H. Jenks, Noon,Philip,Esq. and S. E. Jencks. Prominent architectural styles found in Cambria Country are Early Commercial, Federal and Gothic.

Cambria Public Library Building (added 1972 - - #72001100)

Also known as Carnegie Public Library

304 Washington St. , Johnstown

Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Colver Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000521)

Roughly bounded by Ninth Ave., the Ebensburg Coal Company Power Building and Bakerville, Cambria Township , Colver

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Trumbauer, Horace, Jenks, S.H.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Industry, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Eliza Furnace (added 1991 - - #91001138)

Also known as Ritter's Furnace

Lower Main St., Buffington and Blacklick Townships , Vintonville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Jones, Benjamin F., Cottage (added 1995 - - #95000125)

Also known as Braemar Cottage

Third St., Cresson Township , Cresson

Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Jones, Benjamin Franklin

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Nathan's Department Store (added 1979 - - #79002178)

426-432 Main St , Johnstown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Noon, Philip, House (added 1984 - - #84003179)

Also known as YMCA Building of Ebensburg;Phillip Collins House;Noon-Collin

114 E. High St. , Ebensburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Noon,Philip,Esq.

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Transportation, Social History

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Portage Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000890)

Roughly bounded by N. Railroad Ave., Prospect St., Johnson Ave. and Vine St., Portage Township , Portage

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Revloc Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000520)

Roughly bounded by Highland Ave., Fourth St., Penn Ave. and Eighth St., Cambria Township , Revloc

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Jencks, S. E.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Industry, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Extractive Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Staple Bend Tunnel (added 1994 - - #94001187)

Also known as Allegheny Portage Railroad Tunnel

Jct. of PA 3035 and Mineral Pt. , Conemaugh Township

File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use