Paradise Furnace

Paradise Furnace
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
West side of the furnace stack in September 2014
Location	5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Entriken in Trough Creek State Park, Todd Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°18′39″N 78°07′34″W / 40.31083°N 78.12611°WCoordinates: 40°18′39″N 78°07′34″W / 40.31083°N 78.12611°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS
NRHP Reference #	90000403[1]
Added to NRHP	March 20, 1990

Paradise Furnace, also known as Mary Anne Furnace, is a national historic district located in Trough Creek State Park at Todd Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It consists of two contributing buildings and one contributing structure associated with a former iron furnace. They are the ironmaster's mansion, furnace stack, and a log workers' house. The ironmaster's mansion was built in the 1830s, and is a 2 1/2-story stone house in the Georgian plan. The furnace stack dates to the 1830s, and is a 28-foot square, coursed rubble stone structure. It measures between 15 and 20 feet tall. The ironworks operated from the late-18th century into the 1860s, when economic conditions caused it to be fired. The two-story log house dates to the late-18th century. It was converted for use as the park visitor's center / museum in 1982.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Paradise Furnace" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-02.