Paradise Furnace

Paradise Furnace
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
West side of the furnace stack in September 2014
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Location	5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Entriken in Trough Creek State Park, Todd Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°18′39″N78°07′34″W / 40.31083°N 78.12611°W / 40.31083; -78.12611
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000403 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 20, 1990

The Paradise Furnace, also known as the Mary Anne Furnace, is a national historic district that is located in Trough Creek State Park in Todd Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ^[1]

History and architectural features

This consists of two contributing buildings and one contributing structure that are associated with a former iron furnace. They are the ironmaster's mansion, furnace stack, and a log workers' house. The ironmaster's mansion, which was built during the 1830s, is a two-and-one-half-story stone house that was designed in the Georgian style.

The furnace stack dates to the 1830s, and is a twenty-eight-foot, square, coursed rubble stone structure, which measures between fifteen and twenty feet tall. The ironworks operated from the late-eighteenth century into the mid-nineteenth century, when economic conditions caused it to be fired.

The two-story log house dates to the late-eighteenth century. It was converted for use as the park visitor's center/museum in 1982. ^[2]

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 Paradise Furnace. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)