Town of Colver, Colver, Cambria County, PA
Summary
Significance: The town of Colver was built between 1911 and 1921 by the Ebensburg Coal Company. The partners of the company, John H. Weaver and B. Dawson Coleman, named the town from a combination of their last names (Coleman and Weaver). Colver remains one of the most intact coal company-built towns in the region.
Survey number: HAER PA-329
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
Tags
company towns
colver
cambria
cambria county
pennsylvania
b dawson coleman
ebensburg coal company
historic american engineering record
s h jencks
john heisley weaver
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Ebensburg Coal Company
Weaver, John Heisley
Coleman, B Dawson
Jencks, S H
Madrid, transmitter
Location
Colver
,
40.54628, -78.75117
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html