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Paradise Furnace

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Architectural style
  
Georgian

Area
  
1 ha

Added to NRHP
  
20 March 1990

NRHP Reference #
  
90000403

Local time
  
Wednesday 1:08 PM

Paradise Furnace

Location
  
5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Entriken in Trough Creek State Park, Todd Township, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS

Weather
  
3°C, Wind NW at 29 km/h, 31% Humidity

17th century paradise furnace cemetery


Paradise Furnace, also known as Mary Anne Furnace, is a national historic district located in Trough Creek State Park at Todd Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It consists of two contributing buildings and one contributing structure associated with a former iron furnace. They are the ironmaster's mansion, furnace stack, and a log workers' house. The ironmaster's mansion was built in the 1830s, and is a 2 1/2-story stone house in the Georgian plan. The furnace stack dates to the 1830s, and is a 28-foot square, coursed rubble stone structure. It measures between 15 and 20 feet tall. The ironworks operated from the late-18th century into the 1860s, when economic conditions caused it to be fired. The two-story log house dates to the late-18th century. It was converted for use as the park visitor's center / museum in 1982.

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Map of Paradise Furnace, Todd Township, PA 16657, USA

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

References

Paradise Furnace Wikipedia