Etna Furnace
National Register of Historic Places

Etna Furnace

Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Listed
April 10, 1973
Type
District
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
73001593

About this property

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

Location

Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
40.52736, -78.18443

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Etna Furnace (Boundary Decrease)
Listed
0.2 mi
Etna Furnace (Boundary Increase)
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0.5 mi
Williamsburg Historic District
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4.6 mi
Juniata Iron Works
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5.3 mi
Isett, Jacob, House and Store
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5.5 mi

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When was Etna Furnace listed on the National Register?

Etna Furnace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 10, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Etna Furnace?

Etna Furnace is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Etna Furnace?

The period of significance for Etna Furnace is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1793.

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