Colerain Forges Mansion | |
Location | Pennsylvania Route 45, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of Franklinville, Franklin Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°38′20″N78°6′0″W / 40.63889°N 78.10000°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1810, 1860 |
Architectural style | Federal |
MPS | Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 90000406 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 20, 1990 |
The Colerain Forges Mansion is a historic home located at Franklin Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
It was built in four stages between the late-18th century and mid- to late-19th century. It appears as a two-story, five-bay, T-shaped dwelling with a one-story, full-length porch in the Federal style. The oldest section is the two-story, plastered midsection. The frame portion to the east dates to the 1830s, and the brick section to the west to the 1840s. The rear section dates to the 1860s-1870s, and is a two-story board-and-batten structure. Also on the property is a 2+1⁄2-story, gable roofed stone outbuilding and a small board-and-batten shed. The house was built as the ironmaster's mansion at Colerain Forge. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] The house and property are currently managed by a nonprofit, the Colerain Center for Education, Preservation, and the Arts.
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