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
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| - 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 (en)
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| - Highland Hall, April 2010 (en)
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| - 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.Highland Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.Highland Hall has been turned into a 65 and older affordable housing facility constructed by Keller Engineers, and S&A Homes. (en)
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