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Baker Mansion The Baker Mansion is OPEN for the 2026 public tour season! Public tour hours are Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

For more details on our tours, private events, and other activities, reach out via the contact info below!

The night of our History Speaks Lecture: "Colonial-Era Legends and Folklore" has finally arrived!Join us for our next pu...
10/21/2026

The night of our History Speaks Lecture: "Colonial-Era Legends and Folklore" has finally arrived!

Join us for our next public lecture with our local expert on all things macabre – Michael Allison! Taking place tonight at 7:00 PM, this lecture will splice together elements of the Halloween season and this year's America250 celebration for a truly festive showcase. After taking guests back to the formative years of our country, Michael will explore some of the strange legends, bizarre myths, and unexplainable events that occurred during that time!

This presentation will take place over at the Railroaders Memorial Museum, and admission is FREE and open to the public! However, donations to the Blair County Historical Society are welcome!

Our series of Halloween-themed events continues tomorrow night with our History Speaks Lecture: "Colonial-Era Legends an...
10/20/2026

Our series of Halloween-themed events continues tomorrow night with our History Speaks Lecture: "Colonial-Era Legends and Folklore"! 🎃👻

Join us for our next public lecture with our local expert on all things macabre – Michael Allison! Taking place tomorrow, October 21 at 7:00 PM, this lecture will splice together elements of the Halloween season and this year's America250 celebration for a truly festive showcase. After taking guests back to the formative years of our country, Michael will explore some of the strange legends, bizarre myths, and unexplainable events that occurred during that time!

This presentation will take place over at the Railroaders Memorial Museum, and admission is FREE and open to the public! However, donations to the Blair County Historical Society are welcome!

🎃👻 One weekend down... ONE TO GO! 👻🎃Thank you to all our guests so far for the incredible support this year, and we of c...
10/18/2026

🎃👻 One weekend down... ONE TO GO! 👻🎃

Thank you to all our guests so far for the incredible support this year, and we of course have to highlight all of our brilliant actors for bringing this haunted mansion experience to life!

A reminder that tickets for our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion are sold out for all remaining dates and times!

And just like that, we are completely SOLD OUT of tickets for all nights of our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion! Than...
10/17/2026

And just like that, we are completely SOLD OUT of tickets for all nights of our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion!

Thanks to all those who bought/reserved their tickets this year, and we are already looking forward to next year's lantern tours with even more ghostly additions! 🎃👻

We are officially SOLD OUT of tickets for our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion on October 16 and 17! Just a few spaces...
10/16/2026

We are officially SOLD OUT of tickets for our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion on October 16 and 17! Just a few spaces remain across October 23 and 24 as well, so if you are interested in attending this year please reach out via or email soon!

Congratulations once again to our 2026 Heritage Hall of Fame Award recipients! We had a splendid time honoring these fin...
10/16/2026

Congratulations once again to our 2026 Heritage Hall of Fame Award recipients! We had a splendid time honoring these fine preservationists last evening, and we cannot thank them enough for the work they have done to save our community's history and heritage!

Special thanks goes out to our wonderful volunteers and staff who helped prepare last evening's events, and shout-out to the US Hotel Tavern for serving as last night's wonderful venue!

ONE WEEK stands between us and the start of our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion. Are you brave enough to enter the da...
10/09/2026

ONE WEEK stands between us and the start of our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion. Are you brave enough to enter the dark hallways of this Victorian-era home and discover if our ghostly legends and bizarre tales are true? 🎃👻

Happening on October 16, 17, 23, and 24 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM are our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion! This is a haunted house experience like no other around here, as guests will enter into this old ironmaster's mansion and be greeted by the restless souls that still wander through the halls. Tickets are just $6.00 per guest, and we still have at least some openings across each night. To purchase your tickets, you can stop by our Visitor Center on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM or call/email us to arrange a different pick-up date. You can also contact us via phone or email if you live some distance away and wish to reserve your space.

Alongside our event, we invite you to attend Filmmaker Mark Frederick and Historian Jared Frederick's upcoming Haunted Altoona - Murder & Mystery in Railroad City [Walking Tour] event! Taking place across October 16 and 17, this walking tour event will highlight many of the gruesome tales and unsolved cases that took place right here in our Blair County community. Take a dive into the darker side of our history and join the Frederick brothers for this horrifyingly-fun event! Details and more can be found within the event page link included above.

Our first round of Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion takes place NEXT WEEK, so you better get your tickets soon if you ...
10/06/2026

Our first round of Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion takes place NEXT WEEK, so you better get your tickets soon if you are interested in experiencing all of our new frightful encounters and ghostly tales this year!

Our Lantern Tours of the Baker Mansion are back for the 2026 season! Taking place on October 16, 17, 23, and 24 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM each night, these lantern-led tours will allow guests to explore the tragic history and haunted folklore of this historic home! Tales of tragedy, loss, and truly bizarre events will all be explored within the dark hallways of this Victorian-era mansion!

There will be six half-hour tours across each evening, with the first at 7:00 PM and the last at 9:30 PM. Groups are also limited to a maximum of 14 guests per tour.

Tickets this year are $6.00 per guest, and they are available for purchase now! We have a number of ways that you can purchase/reserve these tickets as well. First up, tickets can be purchased at our Visitor Center during our public tour hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. If you live outside our area or would like to pick your tickets up on a different day, you can send us an email at [email protected] or call us at 814-942-3916. Lastly, tickets will be available for purchase during each lantern tour night starting at 6:00 PM. However, tickets have sold out quickly in years past, so get them ahead of time if possible!

Guests will be treated to free candy and apple c***r during each night of our lantern tours, and our Visitor Center will be open for unique Blair County gifts as well! As always, everyone is welcome to dress in costume too!

🏛️👻 LET SPOOKY SEASON BEGIN! 👻🏛️

10/04/2026

Once again, we are sad to report that today's Sunday on the Lawn Concert with Firewheel Music has been cancelled due to suboptimal weather.

Well folks, the weather has beaten us once again. What looked like a decent day has turned out to be a colder, gray, and...
10/04/2026

Well folks, the weather has beaten us once again. What looked like a decent day has turned out to be a colder, gray, and wet one. As such, we and Firewheel Music made the tough decision to cancel today's performance.

We have already made plans to have them back on our concert list for next season, though, so hopefully we will have a great day for them in 2027!

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3419 Oak Lane
Altoona, PA
16602

Opening Hours

Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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(814) 942-3916

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