Architectural style Other, Iron furnace Area 8 ha Added to NRHP 6 September 1991 | NRHP Reference # 91001140 Year built 1830 | |
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Nearest city Old Forge Road east of Lebanon Reservoir, north of Suedberg, Pine Grove Township, Pennsylvania MPS Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS | ||
Swatara Furnace is a historic iron furnace and national historic district located at Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The district includes four contributing buildings and two contributing structure. They are the furnace (1830), stone dam breast (c. 1850), ironmaster's mansion (c. 1830, c. 1860, c. 1881, and c. 1969), barn (c. 1860), stone foreman's house (c. 1830), and stone worker's double house (c. 1830). The limestone furnace measures 29 feet, 7 inches, wide, 29 feet, 8 inches, deep, and 22 feet high.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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