Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House Explained

Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House
Location:	About 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Fort Loudon on Pennsylvania Route 75, Metal Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	39.9647°N -77.8994°W
Built:	1800
Added:	December 31, 1974
Refnum:	74001785

The Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House, also known as Small House, is an historic, American home that is located in Metal Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

Built circa 1800, this historic structure is a two-story, nine-bay, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. It measures forty-three feet wide by twenty-five feet deep. It was built on the Mt. Pleasant Iron Works property, established in 1783. The furnace closed in 1834, and forge ceased operation in 1843. Later in the nineteenth century, the Richmond Furnace opened on the property.^[1]

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

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|H000902_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House ]. 2012-02-04. Paula Stoner Dickey . PDF. June 1974.