Barree Forge and Furnace | |
Location | 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Alexandria along the Juniata River, Porter Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°35′18″N78°06′04″W / 40.58833°N 78.10111°W |
Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
MPS | Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 90000405 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 20, 1990 |
Barree Forge and Furnace, now known as Greene Hills Methodist Camp, is a national historic district located at Porter Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It consists of two contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure associated with a former ironworks. They are the ironmaster's mansion, furnace stack, a barn, and the site of the Barree iron forge built about 1797. The ironmaster's mansion was built in the 1830s, and is a 2 1/2-story brick house painted white. The furnace stack dates to 1864, and is a 30-foot square, coursed limestone structure. It measures between 6 and 15 feet tall. The ironworks closed in the 1880s. The property was acquired in 1963, by the United Methodist Church for use as a church camp. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
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