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Broad Avenue Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
02000806

Added to NRHP
  
25 July 2002

Area
  
12 ha

Broad Avenue Historic District

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

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Italianate

Broad Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 140 contributing buildings in a residential area of Altoona. The buildings were primarily built between 1880 and 1927, and reflect a number of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival and Italianate. The area was developed as an early streetcar-oriented development in Altoona. Non-residential buildings include the Broad Avenue Presbyterian Church (c. 1895) and Broad Avenue United Methodist Church (1927).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

References

Broad Avenue Historic District Wikipedia