Harmony Forge Mansion

Harmony Forge Mansion

Harmony Forge Mansion, December 2012
Location South of Milesburg on Pennsylvania Route 144, Boggs Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°56′5″N 77°47′12″W / 40.93472°N 77.78667°W / 40.93472; -77.78667Coordinates: 40°56′5″N 77°47′12″W / 40.93472°N 77.78667°W / 40.93472; -77.78667
Area 32 acres (13 ha)
Built c. 1810-1820, c. 1847
NRHP Reference # 79002183[1]
Added to NRHP October 16, 1979

Harmony Forge Mansion is a historic home and property located at Boggs Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1810 and 1820 by Joseph Miles, and is a 2 1/2 story, 5-bay stone building, with a 2-story stone kitchen wing. It measures 44 feet, 6 inches, by 40 feet. Also on the property are two barns, a twos-story frame dwelling, and the 2,000 feet of earthworks ruins of the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation Canal, built about 1847. The property includes the remains of Locks #4 and #5 of this canal. The Harmony Forge, built about 1795, and the workers houses are no longer extant.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  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 Gregory Ramsey (March 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harmony Forge Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-07.


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