{"nrhp_refnum":"71000687","name":"Curtin Village","other_names":["Curtin","Curtin Village,Eagle Ironworks"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off U.S. 220, Boggs Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Curtin","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.97394736900006,"lon":-77.74209132218897,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Curtin Village is a former ironmaster's plantation and iron-making community in Boggs Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, centered on the Eagle Ironworks on Bald Eagle Creek. Roland Curtin formed the works in partnership with Miles Boggs in 1810, and the village functioned for over a hundred years under the Curtin family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the village is a rare surviving example of the self-sustaining ironmaster's communities once common in Pennsylvania's iron regions. Its furnace operated until 1921, and the workers' houses, the ironmaster's mansion and the associated structures remain largely intact. The document also notes the family's role in the local canal and railroad development and the Civil War governor Andrew Gregg Curtin.","narrative":"Curtin Village is a former iron-making community on Bald Eagle Creek in Boggs Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Roland Curtin and Miles Boggs formed the Eagle Ironworks in 1810, and Curtin became sole owner after 1815. The works used local hematite and charcoal, producing bloom, bar and rod iron, and the furnace was in production until 1921. The village was largely self-sufficient, with its own store, church, school and railroad station, and a social order centred on the ironmaster. The surviving ironmaster's mansion, built about 1830, is a two-and-a-half story stone house in the Federal style, and the workers' houses remain on a loop road. The village is significant as a well-preserved example of an early Pennsylvania ironmaster's community, with its furnace stack and housing still largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1810-1921","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal with Georgian and Victorian alterations","criteria":[],"status_note":"The ironmaster's mansion was abandoned in 1951 and was under restoration at the time of the photographs; the Eagle Furnace stack remains and the village is described as little changed since the ironworks closed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.525942-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000687.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000687/64563729ab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000687/64563729ab-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_Ironworks_Dec_12.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_Ironworks_Dec_12.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995196","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtin_Village","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5195646"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/curtin-village-71000687/"}