Roughly bounded by Circle Dr. and Cinder St., St. Thomas Township, Edenville, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Franklin.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 06, 1991. NRIS 91001136.
Part of Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS (NRIS 64500532).
5 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
Franklin Furnace Historic District is a national historic district located in St. Thomas Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The district includes five contributing buildings, one contributing structure, and one contributing site associated with a 19th-century iron furnace plantation. The buildings are the manager's house/office and four workers' houses. The structure is the furnace stack (1828). It measures 30 feet square at the base and approximately 30 feet tall. The contributing site is the ruins of a barn. The furnace ceased full operation in 1882.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992965