Barree Forge and Furnace

Barree Forge and Furnace
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Ruins, c. 1991
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Location	2 miles (3.2 km) north of Alexandria along the Juniata River, Porter Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°35′18″N78°06′04″W / 40.58833°N 78.10111°W / 40.58833; -78.10111
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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Deborah L. Suciu (August 1989). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Barree Forge and Furnace. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• Greene Hills Methodist Camp website