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Longdale Furnace Historic District

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Built
  
1827 (1827)

NRHP Reference #
  
95000898

Designated VLR
  
April 28, 1995

Area
  
20 ha

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne, Federal

VLR #
  
003-0338

Opened
  
1827

Added to NRHP
  
3 August 1995

Longdale Furnace Historic District

Location
  
Roughly, along Longdale Furnace Rd., Iron Ore Ln., Church Rd. and Conner Ln., near Clifton Forge, Virginia

Longdale Furnace Historic District is a national historic district located near Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia. The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures historically associated with the Longdale Iron Company foundries' operations and personnel. It includes the original stone furnace stack (1827), two-story Longdale Iron Company Office (late-1820s), Longdale Iron Company Laboratory, two tall cylindrical brick chimneys, brick machine shop, Firmstone-Johnson House (1870s-1880s), the Queen Anne-style Assistant Manager's House (1870s-1880s), and the Company Doctor's Office.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

Longdale Furnace Historic District Wikipedia