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Lakemont Park is an amusement park located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and became an amusement park in 1899. It is one of only thirteen trolley parks still operating, and the 8th oldest amusement park in the United States. The park was closed from 2017 to 2018, but re-opened in summer 2019. [1]
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.
Altoona (/ æ l ˈ t uː n ə / al-TOO-nə) [9] is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 10 ] It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area , which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,823.
DelGrosso's Park is a family-oriented amusement park located in Tipton, Pennsylvania, a northern suburb of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park was purchased by the DelGrosso family in 1946 and was named "Bland's Park" until 2000. In 2000, the DelGrosso family decided to change its name to "DelGrosso's Amusement Park."
This district includes 153 contributing rowhouse buildings that are located in a residential area of Altoona. The buildings were primarily built between 1903 and 1930, as affordable worker's housing and reflect a number of popular architectural styles, including Colonial Revival and Classical Revival.
Public proposals to create a railroad museum in Altoona date at least to 1938, when the Altoona Mirror published a letter to the editor suggesting the city develop a tourism industry, including a "community railroad museum", centered around its railroad history. [6] In 1959, Altoona's Chamber of Commerce proposed a similar museum. [7]
Coleridge, Logan, Aldrich bounded by Mill Run and Ward, Altoona, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°28′59″N 78°24′25″W / 40.48306°N 78.40694°W / 40.48306; -78
HABS No. PA-5519, "Casanave Building, 1211-1215 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA", 2 photos, 7 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. PA-5521, " First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1208 Thirteenth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA ", 11 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page