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Paradise Furnace
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
West side of the furnace stack in September 2014
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Location	5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Entriken in Trough Creek State Park, Todd Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°18′39″N 78°07′34″W / 40.31083°N 78.12611°W / 40.31083; -78.12611
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000403
Added to NRHP	March 20, 1990

The Paradise Furnace, also known as the Mary Anne Furnace, is a national historic district that is located in Trough Creek State Park in Todd Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

History and architectural features

This consists of two contributing buildings and one contributing structure that are associated with a former iron furnace. They are the ironmaster's mansion, furnace stack, and a log workers' house. The ironmaster's mansion, which was built during the 1830s, is a two-and-one-half-story stone house that was designed in the Georgian style.

The furnace stack dates to the 1830s, and is a twenty-eight-foot, square, coursed rubble stone structure, which measures between fifteen and twenty feet tall. The ironworks operated from the late-eighteenth century into the mid-nineteenth century, when economic conditions caused it to be fired.

The two-story log house dates to the late-eighteenth century. It was converted for use as the park visitor's center/museum in 1982.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Paradise Furnace" (PDF). Retrieved December 2, 2011.

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