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Furnace Hills Tenant House

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NRHP Reference #
  
05000451

Added to NRHP
  
20 May 2005

Area
  
2 ha

Furnace Hills Tenant House

Location
  
Unpaved Rd approx. 500 ft. E of Project Dr., West Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Other, Penn. German Bankhouse

Furnace Hills Tenant House, also known as Kurtz House and Foxfire House, is a historic home located at West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 1 1/2 to 2 1/2-story, banked sandstone dwelling, built c. 1830-1850. It is considered to be in a vernacular Pennsylvania German perpendicular bankhouse style. It measures 19 feet wide and 26 feet deep and has a gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing stone stable, also built c. 1830-1850. The stable has a frame barn addition built in the 1930s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Furnace Hills Tenant House Wikipedia