Highland Hall (Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania)

	Highland Hall
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Highland Hall, April 2010
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Location	517 Walnut St., Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°25′55″N 78°23′32″W / 40.43194°N 78.39222°WCoordinates: 40°25′55″N 78°23′32″W / 40.43194°N 78.39222°W
Area	4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built	1865
Architect	Samuel Sloan
NRHP reference No.	78002351
Added to NRHP	September 13, 1978

Highland Hall, also known as the Courthouse Annex, was a Presbyterian seminary, historic school building for females, radio school during World War II, and county office building before it became a retirement home that started in construction in 2016. Highland Hall is located at Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan (1815-1884) and built about 1865. It is now a four-story, "L" shaped stone building. It features a mansard roof, a characteristic of the Second Empire style. It was originally built to serve as a Presbyterian seminary for both sexes. It became a female academy and officially named Highland Hall in 1911. It continued to be used as a girls' school until 1940. In 1940 it became a Roman Catholic Minor Seminary of the Third Order Regular Franciscans for young men studying for the priesthood. It closed in 1968 with 4 students who transferred to St Bernardine's Monastery for residence and continued their studies at Bishop Guilfoyle High School in Altoona. It became a county office building in 1969.^[2] Highland Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1] Highland Hall has been turned into a 65 and older affordable housing facility constructed by Keller Engineers, and S&A Homes.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Patrick Miller and Susan Zacher (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Highland Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-05.
^ "S&A Homes".

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Patrick Miller and Susan Zacher (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Highland Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-05.

[3] "S&A Homes".

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