Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House

Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House

Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House, September 2014
Location About 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Fort Loudon on Pennsylvania Route 75, Metal Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′53″N 77°53′58″W / 39.96472°N 77.89944°W / 39.96472; -77.89944Coordinates: 39°57′53″N 77°53′58″W / 39.96472°N 77.89944°W / 39.96472; -77.89944
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1800
NRHP Reference # 74001785[1]
Added to NRHP December 31, 1974

Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House, also known as Small House, is a historic home located at Metal Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1800, and is a two-story, nine bay fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. It measures 43 feet wide by 25 feet deep. It was built on the Mt. Pleasant Iron Works property, established in 1783. The furnace closed in 1834, and forge ceased operation in 1843. Later in the 19th century, the Richmond Furnace opened on the property.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[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 Paula Stoner Dickey (June 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.


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