Franklin Furnace Historic District

Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place


Franklin Furnace Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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	Iron furnace
MPS	Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	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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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2012. Note: This includes Diane B. Reed (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Franklin Furnace Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2012.