Ironville Historic District Explained

Ironville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Area surrounding Ironville including Furnace St. and Penfield Pond, Ironville, New York
Coordinates:43.9214°N -73.5353°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:December 27, 1974
Area:73acres
Refnum:74001237

Ironville Historic District is a national historic district located at Ironville in Essex County, New York. The district contains 12 contributing buildings. It encompasses the area associated with a once thriving iron works. Almost nothing remains of the iron works itself. The remaining buildings consists of modest wooden dwellings including the Penfield Homestead (1828; now a museum), boarding house (1827), Congregational Church (1842), commercial building / grange hall (1870s), and cemetery. Ironville is known as the "Birthplace of the Electrical Age", being the site of the first industrial application of electricity in the United States.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ironville Historic District. December 1973. 2010-07-14 . Doris Vanderlipp Manley. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying five photos.