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Baker Mansion

Baker Mansion is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Altoona, Blair County, dedicated 1947.

Baker Blvd. & Mansion Blvd., Altoona

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Erected 1844-1847. Architect, Robert Cary Long, Jr. Residence of Elias Baker, Ironmaster, and his family, 1848 to 1914. Museum of the Blair County Historical Society since 1922. Entrance to mansion from street in rear.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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Pennsylvania, 1848, covering the location of Baker Mansion, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
Pennsylvania, 1848, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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