Neighborhoods
Harry Doerr House, Palliser St – Attorney Harry Doerr built a summer home which in the 1920s was turned into a year-round residence. Note the windmill on right of photo which powered the Southmont water system
While the Cambria Land and Improvement Corporation developed the central portion of Southmont, other sections of the borough developed separately.
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Some of the most architecturally distinguished homes in Johnstown were built in Southmont after 1925. Members of the Waters and Suppes families developed a tract at a high point near Menoher Boulevard that they called Hillcrest.
Walter R. Catherine Suppes House, early 1930s
On 945 Menoher Boulevard
Walter R. Suppes House Vegetable Garden, Gardner Street
On 945 Menoher Boulevard
The Suppes went to Colonial Williamsburg and remodeled Montvue in the Classical Revival Style with wood moldings, custom wallpapers and furnished it in American antiques.
Pool Fun at Walter R. Suppes House
Southmont’s first pool at Walter R. Suppes House, 1945
Concrete Houses:
Overbrook & Steel
Company Housing
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Another notable neighborhood is was the Overbrook district, just off Southmont Boulevard. This was a Cambria Steel Company model housing development. In 1921 and 1922 the company constructed 89 houses in this section. A chapel was constructed in 1921. See link to the left to learn more about this unique neighborhood.
The Haberlein neighborhood was later developed in the section of the borough closest to Goucher Street.
Haberlein Neighborhood Christmas Celebration
Southmont Homes
