The Knickerbocker Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

that is located in Altoona,

Blair County, Pennsylvania Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg. The county was created on February 26, 1846, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford counties. Blai ...

. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

History and architectural features

This district includes 153 contributing rowhouse buildings that are located in a residential area of Altoona. The buildings were primarily built between 1903 and 1930, as affordable worker's housing and reflect a number of popular architectural styles, including Colonial Revival and Classical Revival. The buildings feature decorative parapets, bay windows, porch posts, pediments, and a variety of ornamentation. The district is visually dominated by the former Knikerbocker Hotel (c. 1906). ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Blair County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Blair County, Pennsylvania