Longdale Furnace, Virginia
Longdale Furnace Historic District | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
House on State Route 269 | |
37°48′33″N 79°41′04″W / 37.80917°N 79.68444°W / 37.80917; -79.68444 | |
Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
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Built | 1827 (1827) |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 95000898[1] |
VLR No. | 003-0338 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 3, 1995 |
Designated VLR | April 28, 1995[2] |
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.[1] 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ Leslie A. Giles (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Longdale Furnace Historic District" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources., Accompanying two photos and Accompanying map
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