Baker Mansion. Erected 1844-1847. Architect, Robert Cary Long, Jr. Residence of Elias Baker, Ironmaster, and his family, 1848 to 1914. Museum of the Blair County Historical Society since 1922. Entrance to mansion from street in rear.
Baker Blvd. & Mansion Blvd., Altoona, PA, United States
Baker Mansion. This fine example of Greek Revival Architecture was the home of Elias Baker, a leading ironmaster of the region. Built in 1846, it is now the museum and home of the Blair County Historical Society. Located on the hill opposite this point.
97 Mansion Blvd., at PA 36 (Union Ave.), Altoona, PA, United States
Altoona. Founded 1849 as a terminal for westward expansion of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It soon became a major railroad center of the nation. Scene of the War Governors' Conference, 1867.
Logan Blvd., in median where road goes over Mill Run, Altoona, PA, United States
Allegheny Furnace. Opposite are remains of furnace built in 1811, the second in this section. It was operated until 1884. The stone store building built in 1837 is the oldest in the city of Altoona.
Pa. 36 (Union Ave.) S of 31st St., Altoona, PA, United States
Pennsylvania Railroad Shops. The PRR built its first repair facilities here in 1850 and opened its first track to Altoona during the same year. By 1925, Altoona was home to the nation's largest concentration of railroad shops, with 16,500 people employed in several locations.
9th Ave. at 13th St., Altoona, PA, United States
Logan House. At the famous railroad hotel on this site was held the Conference of Northern War Governors, Sept. 24-26, 1862. Governor Andrew Curtin of Pennsylvania called the meeting which united forces behind Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation.
11th Ave. at 13th St., Altoona, PA, United States
Leap-The-Dips Roller Coaster. Built here in 1902 by E. Joy Morris of Philadelphia, it was among some 250 side-friction figure eight roller coasters in North America. It became the last known ride of this type and the world's oldest known operating roller coaster. A National Historic Landmark.
Lakemont Park 700 Park Ave., Altoona, PA, United States
Isaac Charles Mishler (1862-1944). Lancaster native and Altoona businessman and promoter. Built and managed theaters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 1906, he built the opulent Mishler Theater here for stage shows, musical performances, live theater, and vaudeville.
1208 Twelfth Ave. at Mishler Theater, Altoona, PA, United States
Harold L. Ickes (1874-1952). FDR's Sec. of Interior 1933-46. Builder of public works, ardent conservationist, fierce fighter for human rights, advocate of government as an agent for the public good. This is the site of his boyhood home.
Altoona Area High School, 1415 Sixth Ave., Altoona, PA, United States
Railroad Shopmen's Strike of 1922. Over 300,000 skilled tradesmen went on strike against US railroads to defend gains by unions during WWI. The Pennsylvania Railroad shops in Altoona led the anti-union opposition. The bitter struggle led to the 1926 Railway Labor Act that upheld unions' right to organize.
302 E Wopsononock Ave., at Blair Bedford Central Labor Council, Altoona, Altoona, PA, United States