Warren R Weaver House

The report on this house is part of a larger project documentation of Altoona published as Railroad City: Four Historic Neighborhoods in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., HABS/HAER, National Park Service, 1990. [1]

Description

The wide front-gabled porch of this two-and-a-half story Queen Anne firmly anchors the verticality of both the steeply pitched front gable surmounting a two-story bay and the octagonal tent roof of the two-story oriel. Above a pent closure, the front gable is faced with shingles in a geometric pattern. Corner boards and wide window frames accent the narrow horizontal siding. The sunroom on the south side of the house is a late addition.

History

This house was built in 1904 for Warren R. Weaver, a machinist for the PRR, on a lot he purchased from the Altoona Suburban Home Company for $600 and paid off in 1909. He lived there with his family until the late 1950s, when the house was rented out for several years before Weaver, a widower, sold it to the current owners.

Sources

Sanborns: 1909, 1920, 1932, 1951. City directories. Tax records. Deed books: 145/277; 779/289.

1. Edwards, Kathy, Warren R. Weaver House, Historic American Buildings Survey, 1989, loc.memory.gov

Street Names: Logan Boulevard