Shade Furnace Archaeological District

Shade Furnace Archeological District, also known as Old Shade Furnace and Shade Forge, is a national historic district located at Shade Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The district includes four contributing sites and two contributing objects. It encompasses the ruins of a countryside plantation style iron forge operation that operated from 1808 to 1858. It includes a stone blast furnace structure, a forge site, an ore pit site, a farmstead site, and a late 19th-century coal mine complex. The area includes a number of archaeological sites associated with the ruins of abandoned buildings.[2]

Shade Furnace Archeological District
Shade Furnace, 1992
LocationNorth of Rockingham above Dark Shade Creek, Shade Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°9′11.22″N 78°49′41.88″W
Area208 acres (84 ha)
Built byGeorge Reynolds, Peter Gerhart
Architectural style19th-century stone blast furnace
MPSIron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.07001380[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 10, 2008

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Brian L. Fritz (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shade Furnace Archeological District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.


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