Furnace Hills Tenant House

Unpaved Rd approx. 500 ft. E of Project Dr., West Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Lancaster.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 20, 2005. NRIS 05000451.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Foxfire House

From Wikipedia:

Furnace Hills Tenant House

Furnace Hills Tenant House, also known as Kurtz House and Foxfire House, is a historic home located at West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 1 1/2 to 2+12-story, banked sandstone dwelling, built c. 1830–1850. It is considered to be in a vernacular Pennsylvania German perpendicular bankhouse style. It measures 19 feet wide and 26 feet deep and has a gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing stone stable, also built c. 1830–1850. The stable has a frame barn addition built in the 1930s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998681

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