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Ebensburg

A Welshman, Morgan John Rhys, purchased the Ebensburg area in 1796 from Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Rees Lloyd and a group of Welsh colonists arrived in the fal of 1796 and began building shelters, a chapel, and grist and saw mills. More settlers established a village nearby at Beulah. When Cambria County was established in 1804 Ebensburg was designated the county seat, and Beulah was gradually abandoned. Ebensburg was incorporated in 1825.

Due to the wealth of coal in the area, and the demand for travel routes over the Allegheny Mountains, both canal and railroad routes were built through the area in the mid-1800s. Ebensburg became a supply stop along the the Huntingdon, Indiana and Cambria Turnpike, which connected with other highways all the way to Pittsburgh. The scenic beauty, healthy environment, and ease of access made the region a popular summer destination for wealthy industrialists from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and even New York.

The Great Fire of 1915 destroyed most of downtown Ebensburg.

Ebensburg historic buildings with listed or applied for National Register status include:

A. W. Buck House
(1889– Queen Anne architecture, now the site of Cambria County Historical Society)
615 N. Center St., Ebensburg

Cambria County Courthouse
(1882, Second Empire architecture, Gordon Annex added in the 1920’s)
200 S. Center St., Ebensburg

Cambria County Jail
(1872 and 1911 annex, Italianate architecture, now leased by the Cambria County Historical Society)
N. Center and Sample Sts., Ebensburg

Philip Noon House
Also known as YMCA Building of Ebensburg; Phillip Collins House; Noon-Collins
(1834, Federal architecture, 1907 YMCA annex)
114 E. High St., Ebensburg

The Penn-Eben Hotel, Ebensburg (ca. 1930s)