Janney Furnace Park

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Eli Henderson Park at Janney Furnace
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The remaining stone structure of the blast furnace at Eli Henderson Park at Janney Furnace.
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Location in Alabama
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Location in United States
Nearest city Ohatchee, Alabama
Coordinates 33°47′41″N86°1′14″W / 33.79472°N 86.02056°W / 33.79472; -86.02056 Coordinates: 33°47′41″N86°1′14″W / 33.79472°N 86.02056°W / 33.79472; -86.02056
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1863 (1863)
NRHP reference No. 76000315 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 1976

Eli Henderson Park at Janney Furnace is a park surrounding a fifty-foot tall stone furnace in Ohatchee, Alabama. The furnace was built in 1863 by Alfred Janney to produce pig iron due to the prevalence of iron ore in what is now the park. A July 1864 Union raid destroyed all but the stone chimney, which still remains. [2] The furnace is now surrounded by the Calhoun County Confederate Memorial, built by Sons of Confederate Veterans in June 2003; and the 2009 Confederate and Native American Museum, which includes Civil War and Native American artifacts dating back to the Iron Age. [3] The Confederate Memorial is the world's largest black granite confederate memorial. [4] The furnace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and the surrounding park was re-named in honor of Eli Henderson in 2020, who sought to preserve it. [1] [5]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. Floyd, W. Warner (February 3, 1976). "Janney Furnace". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. Catoe, Laura (2012-10-21). "Ohatchee's Janney Furnace provides look back to Civil War era". Gadsen Times . Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  4. "Janney Furnace Memorial Park". Calhoun County, Alabama . Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  5. Lockette, Tim (2020-10-08). "Calhoun commission votes to rename Janney Furnace Park for Eli Henderson". The Anniston Star. Retrieved 2022-02-11.