Colerain Forges Mansion

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place


Colerain Forges Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


40°38′20″N 78°6′0″W / 40.63889°N 78.10000°W / 40.63889; -78.10000
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1810, 1860
Architectural style	Federal
MPS	Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000406^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 20, 1990

The Colerain Forges Mansion is a historic home located at Franklin Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

It was built in four stages between the late-18th century and mid- to late-19th century. It appears as a two-story, five-bay, T-shaped dwelling with a one-story, full-length porch in the Federal style. The oldest section is the two-story, plastered midsection. The frame portion to the east dates to the 1830s, and the brick section to the west to the 1840s. The rear section dates to the 1860s-1870s, and is a two-story board-and-batten structure. Also on the property is a 2+1⁄2-story, gable roofed stone outbuilding and a small board-and-batten shed. The house was built as the ironmaster's mansion at Colerain Forge.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1] The house and property are currently managed by a nonprofit, the Colerain Center for Education, Preservation, and the Arts.

References

^ ^a ^b "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-28. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (July 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Colerain Forges Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-28.