VT 9, 1 mi. E. of jct of VT 9 and Burgess Rd., Bennington, Vermont. County/parish: Bennington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 27, 1997. NRIS 97000646.
18 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 3 contributing structures.
The Furnace Grove Historic District encompasses the remains of a historic 19th-century iron processing facility near Bennington, Vermont. Located on the north side of Vermont Route 9 east of the town center, its production peaked in the 1830s, and was afterward converted into a gentleman's farm. Surviving elements of its past include the remains of iron smelting furnaces (some of only few in the state), housing, and agricultural outbuildings. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84285085