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Colver Historic District

Coordinates: 40°32′36″N 78°47′46″W / 40.54333°N 78.79611°W / 40.54333; -78.79611
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Colver Historic District
Colver Hotel, 1988
Colver Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Colver Historic District
Colver Historic District is located in the United States
Colver Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Ninth Ave., the Ebensburg Coal Company Power Building and Bakerville, Colver, Barr Township and Cambria Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°32′36″N 78°47′46″W / 40.54333°N 78.79611°W / 40.54333; -78.79611
Area272 acres (110 ha)
Built1911–1943
ArchitectS.H. Jenks, Horace Trumbauer
Architectural styleCompany Housing
MPSBituminous Coal and Coke Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.94000521[1]
Added to NRHPJune 3, 1994

Colver Historic District is a national historic district located at Barr Township and Cambria Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 336 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. The district consists of residential areas, coal mining resources, Cambria and Indiana Railroad shop buildings, and a dairy farm associated with the Ebensburg Coal Company's mine and developed between 1911 and 1943. Notable buildings include a variety of brick and frame workers' housing, the Ebensburg Coal Company office building (1914), stone company store (1912), Colver Amusement Company (1912), Colver Hotel (1912), Colver Presbyterian Church (1915), public school (1927), hospital (1914), Roundhouse No. 1 (1918), Roundhouse No. 2 (1920), and main power building (1911).[2]

Colver district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2011. Note: This includes Gerald M. Kuncio (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Colver Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2011.
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All of the following are located in Colver, Cambria County, PA: