Mount Vernon Furnace Explained

Mount Vernon Furnace
Coordinates:40.0958°N -79.5106°W
Built:1795
Architecture:Iron furnace
Added:September 6, 1991
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:91001127

Mount Vernon Furnace, also known as Jacob's Creek Furnace and Alliance Iron Works, is a historic iron furnace located at Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1795 and rebuilt in 1801. It is a stone structure measuring 24 feet square and 30 feet high, with two arches. It was built as a blast furnace and went out of blast in 1825.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H096852_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Vernon Furnace]. 2012-01-23. Diane B. Reed . PDF. March 1991.