Colerain Forges Mansion | |
Location: | Pennsylvania Route 45, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of Franklinville, Franklin Township, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 40.6389°N -78.1°W |
Built: | 1810, 1860 |
Architecture: | Federal |
Added: | March 20, 1990 |
Refnum: | 90000406 |
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 -story, gable roofed stone outbuilding and a small board-and-batten shed. The house was built as the ironmaster's mansion at Colerain Forge.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The house and property are currently managed by a nonprofit, the Colerain Center for Education, Preservation, and the Arts.