Logan House Hotel
The Logan House Hotel was a historic hotel that was located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The hotel was in operation from the 1850s to the 1920s, when it was demolished.
History
[edit]The Logan House Hotel was built between 1852 and 1853 by Thomas Burchinell, a carpenter who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad.[1][2] The three-story, 106-room hotel was located close to Altoona's train station, which sat on an important rail line between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.[2][3]
The hotel was documented as having heated water and gas lighting,[1] and was reportedly named after Chief Logan, a local Native American chief who had lived in the area in the eighteenth century.[3]
In 1862, the hotel was the site of the War Governors' Conference, a meeting in which several high-profile governors of United States states affirmed their support for the Union during the-then ongoing American Civil War.[3][1]
The Logan House Hotel was closed in 1927. The property was then sold, in 1931, to the United States government,[3] which built a post office on the site.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d "Logan House". Read the Plaque. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
- ^ a b "Logan House, Altoona". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
- ^ a b c d "Logan House Historical Marker". explorepahistory.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.