Buchanan Furnace

Buchanan Furnace
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pennsylvania state historical marker
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Location	Off Pennsylvania Route 378 at the Clarion River near Callensburg, Licking Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°7′54″N79°33′32″W / 41.13167°N 79.55889°W / 41.13167; -79.55889
Area	less than one acre
Built	1844
Architectural style	Iron furnace
MPS	Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	91001129 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 06, 1991
Designated PHMC	April 03, 1950 [2]

The Buchanan Furnace is a historic iron furnace located in Licking Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1844, and is a cold blast charcoal furnace measuring 30 feet by 33 feet at the base and 33 feet tall. It had a maximum production of 1,200 tons per year and was abandoned in 1858 because of a lack of timber to be used as fuel. ^[3]

Thirty-one iron furnaces were built in Clarion County, mostly from 1840-1850. They supplied the region as well as the Pittsburgh rolling mills. ^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
3. Diane B. Reed (March 1991). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Buchanan Furnace. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 15, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)