This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Cambria County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Cambria County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 26 historical markers located in Cambria County.[1]
Marker title | Image | Date dedicated | Location | Marker type | Topics | ||||
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Admiral Peary Park | At site on SR 1005 just N of junction with SR 2014 W of Cresson | Roadside | Military, Military Post-Civil War, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
Allegheny Portage Railroad | Intersection of Rts. 53 & 164, Portage Twp. | Roadside | Railroads, Transportation | ||||||
Cambria City | 418 Broad St., Johnstown 40.3397°N -78.9288°W | City | Cities & Towns, Coal, Ethnic & Immigration, Labor, Religion, Steel | ||||||
Cambria County | County Courthouse, Center St., Ebensburg 40.5257°N -78.7249°W | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century | ||||||
Charles M. Schwab | SR 1001 at Loretto 40.5086°N -78.6363°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Education, Professions & Vocations, Steel | ||||||
Clara Barton (1821-1912) | 662 Main St., Johnstown | City | Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations, Women | ||||||
Demetrius Gallitzin | SR 1005 (former LR 276), Loretto 40.5021°N -78.6309°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion | ||||||
Dr. Lawrence F. Flick | U.S. 219, 1 mile S of Carrolltown | Roadside | Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
First Cambria AME Zion Church | 409 Haynes Street, Johnstown 40.32°N -78.9213°W | City | African American, Religion | ||||||
First Steel | Pa. 56 in Johnstown, opposite steel mill (Missing) | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Steel | ||||||
First Steel Rails | Opposite steel mill (old Pa. 56), Johnstown | Roadside | Business & Industry, Iron, Railroads, Steel | ||||||
Hastings UMWA - District 2 Labor Chautauquas | Brubaker Lane walking trail, Hastings (near Boro. Bldg. - 207 5th Ave.) | Roadside | Coal, Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor | ||||||
John Brophy | Triangle Park, Route 271 40.32°N -78.837°W | Roadside | Coal, Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor | ||||||
Johnstown | William Penn Ave. (ST 3037) at N city line (Missing) | Roadside | Business & Industry, Steel | ||||||
Johnstown Flood | North bound side of U.S. 219, at sta. 6/45, approx. one mile south of South Fork Boro. | Roadside | Environment | ||||||
Johnstown Flood | Johnstown Festival Park - 90 Johns St., near the Stone Bridge | City | Environment | ||||||
Johnstown Flood | Rager's Hill Rd. & Rt. 869, near Rt. 219, 1 mile S of South Fork 40.3471°N -78.7839°W | Roadside | Environment | ||||||
Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project | Point Park, Johnstown 40.3302°N -78.9248°W | Roadside | Environment, Government & Politics, Military | ||||||
Lemon House | old U.S. 22 E of Cresson at county line | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Houses & Homesteads | ||||||
Loretto | Manor Rd. (SR 1005), just outside Loretto 40.4601°N -78.5976°W | Roadside | Education, Religion, Steel | ||||||
Loretto | US 22 and PA 276 West of Cresson | Roadside | Business & Industry, Religion | ||||||
Malcolm Cowley | U.S. 422, 2 miles W of Belsano 40.5257°N -78.8864°W | Roadside | Writers | ||||||
Portage Railroad | Wm. Penn Hwy. (SR 2014 / old U.S. 22) at Portage Rd., just E of Cresson 40.4575°N -78.5728°W | Roadside | Railroads, Transportation | ||||||
Robert E. Peary | Adm. Peary / Wm. Penn Hwy. (SR 2014 / old US 22) just W of Cresson 40.4603°N -78.5993°W | Roadside | Exploration, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
Sgt. Michael Strank | 125 Main St. (Pa. 271), Franklin Borough 40.3429°N -78.8843°W | Roadside | Military, Military Post-Civil War | ||||||
Staple Bend Tunnel | Pa. 271, 5 miles N of Johnstown (Missing) | Roadside | Railroads, Transportation |