{"nrhp_refnum":"84000566","name":"Boiling Springs Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by High and First Sts.,Boiling Springs Lake, and Yellow Britches Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boiling Springs","county":"Cumberland County","state":"PA","lat":40.149912700000044,"lon":-77.12916119030456,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district centred on a spring-fed lake in the village of Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, comprising the lake, its springs, surrounding banks and structures, and the original six-block village. It contains 141 structures, of which 122 are contributing and five are significant.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an excellent example of an iron manufacture village, with a grist mill from the 1730s-1740s and an ironworks founded on the east shore around 1750 that later became the Carlisle Iron Works. It also cites the Ege family ironworks, the Oliver vs. Kauffman underground railroad case, the late 19th-century trolley park, and the area's later prominence in American fly fishing. The district's architecture, from Georgian to early 20th century, is presented as showing the evolution of local building styles.","narrative":"Boiling Springs is a village in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, grown up around a spring-fed lake that feeds a sevenacre basin of water. A grist mill was established there in the 1730s and 1740s, and an iron forge followed on the east shore around 1750, later known as the Carlisle Iron Works. During the Revolution the works made cannon and munitions for the Continental Army. Michael Ege, who became sole owner in 1792, built a Georgian ironmaster's mansion in 1795 that still overlooks the lake. The village was formally laid out in 1845 on a grid of streets, and its houses range from Federal and Italianate dwellings to Gothic, Second Empire and Queen Anne examples. In the 1850s, Daniel Kauffman's home was the focus of a widely publicised case over sheltering escaped slaves. Late in the century a trolley park drew visitors from across the valley until it closed in 1930. The district is listed for its architecture, industrial history, and recreational past.","period_of_significance":"1750-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal with Italianate; Georgian; Gothic Villa; Second Empire; Queen Anne; Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most homes are in good or excellent condition; the ironmaster's mansion is deteriorating and uninhabited; the forge building serves as a bathhouse for the swimming pool.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.747221-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84000566.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000566/9ce211c696-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000566/9ce211c696-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Linda Roy Walls","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BoilingSpringsMillLRWalls.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Linda Roy Walls</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BoilingSpringsMillLRWalls.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994718","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_Springs_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4938371"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/cumberland-county/boiling-springs-historic-district-84000566/"}