{"nrhp_refnum":"79002193","name":"Centre Furnace Mansion House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1001 E. College Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"State College","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.80652334600006,"lon":-77.84225330699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Centre Furnace Mansion is a 2½-story brick Georgian-plan dwelling with a brick kitchen wing, on a hillside site at Centre Furnace in State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, together with an 1847 stone furnace stack and outbuildings. The main block is dated to about 1830 in the form.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is tied to the early iron industry of Centre County, beginning with the Centre Furnace founded in the 1790s by Samuel Miles and John Patton. The mansion is presented as a local example of ironmasters' residences, with Georgian form and later Victorian alterations. The stack is described as one of only two surviving 1847 stacks in the county in reasonable preservation.","narrative":"Centre Furnace Mansion is a five-bay, 2½-story brick house with a Georgian plan, a center hall and four-over-four windows, set on a hillside at the former Centre Furnace iron plantation in State College. The main block is dated to about 1830 and the kitchen wing to about 1835. Victorian alterations of about 1865 to 1870 added twin front gables, an arcaded Italianate porch and a bracketed cornice, while retaining original wooden mantels in the eastern parlors and the kitchen wing's doors and staircase. The house is linked to the furnace, which began operating by May 1792 and was among the first in the area that became Centre County. Its 1847 stone stack survives as one of only two in the county in reasonable condition. The residence is also associated with ironmasters Samuel Miles, John Patton, General James Irvin and Moses Thompson, and with the 1855 meeting that helped establish the Farmers' High School.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian; later Victorian alterations","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Good condition as recorded in the form; the furnace stack was restored in 1963 and the mansion was being prepared for apartment rental and Historical Society use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.756285-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002193.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002193/24ccf1ac0f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002193/24ccf1ac0f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Furnace_Mansion_House_Apr_12.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centre_Furnace_Mansion_House_Apr_12.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998276","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Furnace_Mansion_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5062264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/centre-furnace-mansion-house-79002193/"}