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Etna Furnace (Williamsburg, Pennsylvania)

Coordinates: 40°31′34″N 78°11′11″W / 40.52611°N 78.18639°W / 40.52611; -78.18639
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Etna Furnace
Etna Furnace, 1988
Etna Furnace (Williamsburg, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Etna Furnace (Williamsburg, Pennsylvania)
Location in Pennsylvania
Etna Furnace (Williamsburg, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Etna Furnace (Williamsburg, Pennsylvania)
Location in United States
Nearest cityNorth of Williamsburg: roughly the area south and east of the bend of the Frankstown Branch Juniata River at Mount Etna, Catharine Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°31′34″N 78°11′11″W / 40.52611°N 78.18639°W / 40.52611; -78.18639
Area161 acres (65 ha)
Built1805, 1832
Built byDavid Stewart, William Moore, John Canan
MPSIron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.73001593, 91001145 (Boundary Increase)[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973, September 6, 1991 (Boundary Increase)
Designated PHMCAugust 01, 1961[2]

Etna Furnace, also known as Mount Etna Furnace, Aetna Furnace, and Aetna Iron Works, is a historic iron furnace complex and national historic district located at Catharine Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The district includes five contributing buildings, six contributing sites, and two contributing structures. It encompasses a community developed around an iron furnace starting in 1805. Included in the district is the four-sided stone furnace (1808), gristmill site (c. 1793), canal locks (c. 1832), site of lock keeper's house (c. 1832), aqueduct (c. 1832, rebuilt 1848), two small houses, the ruins of a charcoal house (1808), the foundation of a tally house, a blacksmith shop (c. 1831), bank barn (c. 1831), foundation of a boarding house, three family tenant houses, two iron master mansions (one destroyed), a store and paymaster's office (c. 1831), Methodist / Episcopal Church (1860), and cemetery with graves dating between 1832 and 1859.[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, with a boundary increase in 1991.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2011. Note: This includes Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (May 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Etna Furnace" (PDF). Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  4. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2011. Note: This includes Diane Reed and Chris Davis (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Retrieved November 5, 2011.
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