Longdale Furnace, Virginia Explained

Longdale Furnace Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 28, 1995[1]
Designated Other1 Number:003-0338
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Roughly, along Longdale Furnace Rd., Iron Ore Ln., Church Rd. and Conner Ln., near Clifton Forge, Virginia
Coordinates:37.8092°N -79.6844°W
Architecture:Queen Anne, Federal
Added:August 3, 1995
Refnum:95000898

Longdale Furnace is an unincorporated community located east of Clifton Forge in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.

Much of the community was designated a national historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures historically associated with the Longdale Iron Company foundries' operations and personnel. It includes the original stone furnace stack (1827), two-story Longdale Iron Company Office (late-1820s), Longdale Iron Company Laboratory, two tall cylindrical brick chimneys, brick machine shop, Firmstone-Johnson House (1870s–1880s), the Queen Anne-style Assistant Manager's House (1870s–1880s), and the Company Doctor's Office.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Longdale Furnace Historic District . Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Leslie A. Giles . December 1999., Accompanying two photos and Accompanying map