Etna Furnace (Williamsburg, Pennsylvania)
Etna Furnace | |
 Etna Furnace, 1988 | |
  Location in Pennsylvania  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | North of Williamsburg: roughly the area south and east of the bend of the Frankstown Branch Juniata River at Mount Etna, Catharine Township, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°31′34″N 78°11′11″W / 40.52611°N 78.18639°W |
| Area | 161 acres (65 ha) |
| Built | 1805, 1832 |
| Built by | David Stewart, William Moore, John Canan |
| MPS | Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001593, 91001145 (Boundary Increase)[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973, September 6, 1991 (Boundary Increase) |
| Designated PHMC | August 01, 1961[2] |
Etna Furnace, also known as Mount Etna Furnace, Aetna Furnace, and Aetna Iron Works, is a historic iron furnace complex and national historic district located at Catharine Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The district includes five contributing buildings, six contributing sites, and two contributing structures. It encompasses a community developed around an iron furnace starting in 1805. Included in the district is the four-sided stone furnace (1808), gristmill site (c. 1793), canal locks (c. 1832), site of lock keeper's house (c. 1832), aqueduct (c. 1832, rebuilt 1848), two small houses, the ruins of a charcoal house (1808), the foundation of a tally house, a blacksmith shop (c. 1831), bank barn (c. 1831), foundation of a boarding house, three family tenant houses, two iron master mansions (one destroyed), a store and paymaster's office (c. 1831), Methodist / Episcopal Church (1860), and cemetery with graves dating between 1832 and 1859.[3][4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, with a boundary increase in 1991.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^ "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 November 5, 2011. Note: This includes Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (May 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Etna Furnace" (PDF). Retrieved November 5, 2011.
- ^ "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 November 5, 2011. Note: This includes Diane Reed and Chris Davis (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Retrieved November 5, 2011.
External links[edit]
Media related to Etna Furnace at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-224, "Mount Etna Iron Works, East of U.S. Route 22 on T.R. 463, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA", 1 measured drawing, 60 data pages
- HAER No. PA-224-A, "Mount Etna Iron Works, Etna Furnace", 5 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
