Robesonia Furnace Historic District
{{short description|Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Robesonia Furnace Historic District
| nrhp_type = hd
| nocat = yes
| image = Robesonia POS of A 247.jpg
| caption = Furnace Office, April 2011
| location = Furnace, S. Church and Freeman Sts. and Mountain and E. Meadow Aves., Robesonia, Pennsylvania
| coordinates = {{coord|40|20|34|N|76|08|26|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA
| architecture = Second Empire, Georgian, Italianate
| added = September 6, 1991
| area = {{convert|70|acre}}
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500532|title=Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS}}
| refnum = 91001128{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
The Robesonia Furnace Historic District, also known as the Reading Furnace and the Robesonia Iron Co. Ltd., is an historic, American iron plantation and national historic district that is located in Robesonia, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
History and architectural features
This district encompasses thirty-five contributing buildings and two contributing sites. They include a series of one-and-one-half-story, single workers' houses that were built circa 1825, a set of stone, frame and slag block duplexes that were built circa 1845, 1890 and 1910, and bungalows that were built roughly between 1913 and 1915.
Other notable buildings are the Second Empire-style George Taylor Mansion (c. 1880), a creamery building, a shed with a cupola, a log-and-stone furnace boarding house (c. 1800), a miller's house (c. 1820), a fire station (c. 1910), a Georgian-style ironmaster's mansion that is also known as Ege Mansion (c. 1807), and an Italianate-style furnace office.
The contributing sites are the industrial remains of the Robesonia Furnace, which was established in 1794 by George Ege and then demolished in 1927 after its acquisition by Bethlehem Steel.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H079040_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robesonia Furnace Historic District | accessdate = 2012-09-18| author = Diane B. Reed| format = PDF| date= March 1991}}
This complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
References
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External links
- [http://www.robesoniafurnace.org/ Friends of the Robesonia Furnace website]
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
Category:Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Category:Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
Category:Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania
Category:Second Empire architecture in Pennsylvania
Category:Houses completed in 1807
Category:Historic districts in Berks County, Pennsylvania
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania