Llyswen Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located at Altoona

Altoona, Pennsylvania

-History:A major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 as the site for a shop complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868...

, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Blair County, Pennsylvania

-Significant Topographic Features:*Brush Mountain*Logan Valley*Morrison Cove*Tussey Mountain-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 129,144 people, 51,518 households, and 34,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 246 people per square mile . There were 55,061...

. The district includes 166 contributing buildings in a residential area of Altoona. The buildings are primarily single family dwellings built between 1895 and 1940, and reflect a number of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival

Colonial Revival architecture

The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...

 and Queen Anne

Queen Anne Style architecture

The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...

. Notable non-residential buildings include the Llyswen Methodist Episcopal Church, Ward Avenue United Presbyterian Church, Baker Elementary School, and Llyswen Station.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 2002.

External links

• Llyswen Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair, PA: 30 data pages at Historic American Building Survey
• Llyswen Methodist Episcopal Church, 308 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Llyswen Station, 218 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair, PA: 3 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Baker Elementary School, Ward Avenue at Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Ward Avenue United Presbyterian Church, Northeast corner of Ward & Coleridge Avenues, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Ward Avenue Presbyterian Parsonage, 101 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Harry & Harriet Bott House, 100 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 2 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• E. A., Jr., & Marguerite Caum House, 104 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Robert H. & Patty Fay House, 109 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 5 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• John M. & Minnie Baird House, 200 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 2 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Franklin G. & Josephine Krall House, 201 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Jacob & Mintie Miller House II, 202 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 2 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• John S. Seeds House II, 204 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 2 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Corl's Store, 208 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• David G. & Margaret Stewart House, 209 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Christopher & Lana Hite House, 213-213A Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• William & Della Haines House, 216 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Sylvester & Margaret England House, 300 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 4 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Frank L. Zimmerman House, 303 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Zimmerman's Store, 305 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• James E. & Flora Neff Spence House, 312 Coleridge Avenue, Altoona, Blair, PA: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey