At the corner of Mountain Avenue and Farren street, the Mountain House Hotel was built in 1910. The hotel contained a bar, a dining room, a barbershop, and a large hall that was used for dances. In the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918, the Hotel was pressed into business as a hospital, as Portage was quarantined.

The Mountain house was demolished but the Historical Society has memorial replicas, hand painted, for sale to commemorate the Mountain House.

Photograph from the Library and Documents, Portage Area Historical Society

The Portage Area Historical Society
P.O. Box 45
Portage, Pennsylvania 15946
Telephone: 1-814-736-9223
Location: 400 Lee Street, Portage, PA
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 12:00pm - 5:00pm

To make tour arrangements call 1-814-736-9223
Email Us

www.portagestationmuseum.org, www.portagestationmuseum.com, www.portagestationmuseum.net, www.portagepa.info, www.portagepa.net, www.portagepa.org, www.portagepa.biz, and www.portagepa.us all lead to the Portage Area Historical Society!
Portage Station Museum is a proud member of www.museum.com MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD November 2004		Portage Station Museum is listed in the March 2005

Pennsylvania Visitors Network, PAVIS.net Designated PA Visitors site April 2001

EXPLORE PA designated site listed in Explore PA History dot com September 2006

PAHS Link in Rootsweb March 2004		Added to TrainWeb, the Rail Fan's Guide Lilly to Portage, PA June 2006

Visit Johnstown PA Johnstown Convention and Visitor's Center July 2006		Pennsylvania Genealogy Mine September 2006

Pennsylvania Federation of Museums January 2007		Museums USA June 2007

Visit PA, Where You Want To Go August 2007		U.S. Counties April 2000

Genealogy, PA December 2007		U.S. Centers 'Where We Are' November 2009 Visitor Centers - Listings around the U.S.

Pennsylvania Destination of the Day Award Awarded to the Portage Area Historical Society for its Website The Portage Station Museum
July 9, 2002

We liked your web site. Your site has been recognized as the Pennsylvania
Destination of the Day. You can see the designation at http://www.aboutpennsylvania.com

Pennsylvania Destination of the Day has been highlighting Pennsylvania's best web sites since early 1997. We think that our growing audience will appreciate your site. We'll be retaining the link to your site in our Archives for future reference. If your web site address should change, please let us know, so we can revise the URL.
Congratulations, and thanks for your efforts in contributing to Pennsylvania's community on the Web. It deserves to be recognized.
     Wayne Kessler
     Pennsylvania Destination of the Day
     Kessler Freedman, Inc.

2002-2003 Golden Web Award

Presented by
The International Association of
Web Masters and Designers
to those sites whose web design, originality and content have achieved levels of excellence deserving of recognition.

"To the Portage Area Historical Society, The Station Museum Website in recognition of creativity, integrity and excellence on the Web. Your extremely high score was earned when your site was judged by a committee of elite Web Masters. Your site won high marks in achievement, design, content, creativity, and prestige."

The International Association of Web Masters and Designers congratulates you on your win for the 2002-2003 Award Year.

I.A.W.M.D.
Respect - Integrity - Honor - Professional Ethics
In Web Design and Development

Portage Area Historical Society Receives 2009 Best of Portage Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 -- Portage Area Historical Society has been selected for the 2009 Best of Portage Award in the Commercial Tourist Attraction category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

Awarded October 2009.

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