Colver Historic District Explained

Colver Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:40.5433°N -78.7961°W
Built:1911–1943
Architect:S.H. Jenks, Horace Trumbauer
Architecture:Company Housing
Added:June 3, 1994
Refnum:94000521

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).[1]

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

External links

All of the following are located in Colver, Cambria County, PA:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. December 8, 2011. July 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H094499_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Colver Historic District]. 2011-12-08. Gerald M. Kuncio. PDF. January 1993.