Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Infobox_protected_area | name = Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
iucn_category =
caption = Map of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania showing the location of French Creek State Park
locator_x = 227
locator_y = 130
location = Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
nearest_city = Reading, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 11
lat_seconds = 55
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 46
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
area = 848 acres (3.43 km²)
established = August 3, 1938
visitation_num = 49,980
visitation_year = 2005
governing_body = National Park Service
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural "iron plantation". The buildings include a blast furnace the ironmaster's house and auxiliary structures including a blacksmith's shop, a company store and several worker's houses.
Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird for whom Birdsboro was named. The site's most prosperous time was during the 1820-1840 period with a brief boom in production duing the American Civil War. In the mid 19th century changes in iron making, including a shift from charcoal to anthracite rendered smaller furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The site discontinued operations in 1883.
Today, Hopewell Furnace consists of 14 restored structures in the core historic area, 52 features on the List of Classified Structures, and a total of 848 mostly wooded acres. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is surrounded by French Creek State Park on three sides and the State Game Lands to the south which preserves the lands the furnace utilized for its natural resources.
External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/hofu/ Official website]
* [http://www.nps.gov/hofu/history.html History of Hopewell Furnace]
* [http://www.nps.gov/hofu/BLACKS.html African-Americans at Hopewell Furnace]
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/hh/8/hh8g.htm Hopewell Village National Historic Site]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/97hopewell/97hopewell.htm "Hopewell Furnace: A Pennsylvania Iron-making Plantation," a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]
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