Logan House Hotel

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]

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