HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL
BUS TOUR OF BROAD AVENUE

Leaving from Baker Mansion at 1:00 pm
 
​Limited Seating at $40.00/Person

Contact us at [email protected] or 814-942-3916 for more information!​

       Sunday, September 8 from 1:00-4:00 pm
 
The Blair County Historical Society will sponsor a historical and architectural bus tour of the Broad Avenue Historic District on Sunday, September 8, 2024. The route will begin at Union Avenue at the railroad culvert near 19th Street and then along Broad Avenue to 32nd Street. Included will be homes, churches, and commercial structures built from the 1890s to 1930. A tour booklet of illustrations will be included which will have photographs of the original buildings as well as how they appear today or what replaced them. Homes of the famous Altoona “Golden Age” architects, the Beezer brothers, and Charles Morrison Robinson will be featured. The tour will be guided by Dr. Michael G. Farrow.

The bus will leave Baker Mansion at 1:00 pm. Seating is limited to 25. The $40.00 payment may be made on the Blair County Historical Society website, www.blairhistory.org, by paying via PayPal or credit card. Receipt of payment will serve as the reservation on a first come basis.
 
Tickets for the bus tour are $40.00 per person, and seating is strictly limited to 25.
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Payment may be made through PayPal on the Blair County Historical Society's website, www.BlairHistory.org, or you may call our office at 814-942-3916 for reservations and follow-up with cash or check. Checks are payable to the Blair County Historical Society. Mail to the Blair County Historical Society, 3419 Oak Lane, Altoona, PA 16602.  Seats will be assigned in order of receipt of payment.


                     -ONLINE TICKETS SOLD OUT-

​ Please call or email us to inquire about ticket availability!

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