| Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House, September 2014 | |
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| Location | About 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Fort Loudon on Pennsylvania Route 75, Metal Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°57′53″N 77°53′58″W / 39.96472°N 77.89944°W / 39.96472; -77.89944 |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1800 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001785 |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1974 |
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Paula Stoner Dickey (June 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Pleasant Iron Works House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.
