Longdale Furnace, Virginia

Longdale Furnace Historic District
Location Roughly, along Longdale Furnace Rd., Iron Ore Ln., Church Rd. and Conner Ln., near Clifton Forge, Virginia
Coordinates 37°48′33″N 79°41′04″W / 37.80917°N 79.68444°W / 37.80917; -79.68444Coordinates: 37°48′33″N 79°41′04″W / 37.80917°N 79.68444°W / 37.80917; -79.68444
Area 50 acres (20 ha)
Built 1827 (1827)
Architectural style Queen Anne, Federal
NRHP reference # 95000898[1]
VLR # 003-0338
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 3, 1995
Designated VLR April 28, 1995[2]

Longdale Furnace is an unincorporated community located east of Clifton Forge in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.

Much of the community was designated a national historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures historically associated with the Longdale Iron Company foundries' operations and personnel. It includes the original stone furnace stack (1827), two-story Longdale Iron Company Office (late-1820s), Longdale Iron Company Laboratory, two tall cylindrical brick chimneys, brick machine shop, Firmstone-Johnson House (1870s–1880s), the Queen Anne-style Assistant Manager's House (1870s–1880s), and the Company Doctor's Office.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ↑ Leslie A. Giles (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Longdale Furnace Historic District" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. , Accompanying two photos and Accompanying map


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