Franklin Furnace Historic District

Franklin Furnace Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Circle Drive and Cinder Street, near Edenville, St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′32″N 77°49′21″W / 39.95889°N 77.82250°W / 39.95889; -77.82250Coordinates: 39°57′32″N 77°49′21″W / 39.95889°N 77.82250°W / 39.95889; -77.82250
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1828
Architectural style Other, Iron furnace
MPS Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP Reference # 91001136[1]
Added to NRHP September 6, 1991

Franklin Furnace Historic District is a national historic district located in St. Thomas Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The district includes five contributing buildings, one contributing structure, and one contributing site associated with a 19th-century iron furnace plantation. The buildings are the manager's house / office and four workers' houses. The structure is the furnace stack (1828). It measures 30 feet square at the base and approximately 30 feet tall. The contributing site is the ruins of a barn. The furnace ceased full operation in 1882.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Diane B. Reed (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Franklin Furnace Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.


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