Built 1837 NRHP Reference # 91001143 Area 4,000 m² Architect Andrew Stewart | Architectural style Other, Iron furnace Opened 1837 Added to NRHP 6 September 1991 | |
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Location Wharton Furnace-Hull Road south of U.S. Route 40, southeast of Hopwood, Wharton Township, Pennsylvania MPS Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS Similar Searights Tollhouse - National, Cornwall Iron Furnace, Laurel Caverns, Friendship Hill National, Ohiopyle State Park | ||
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Wharton Furnace is an historic iron furnace located at Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1837, and is a stone structure measuring 33 feet (10 m) wide, 31 feet (9.4 m) deep, and 31 feet (9.4 m) high. It was built as a blast furnace, placed in blast in 1839 and went out of blast by 1850. It was built by Congressman Andrew Stewart (1791-1872).
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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