Boiling Springs Historic District

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.