Shade Furnace Archaeological District

Shade Furnace Archeological District, also known as Old Shade Furnace and Shade Forge, is a national historic district located at Shade Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The district includes four contributing sites and two contributing objects. It encompasses the ruins of a countryside plantation style iron forge operation that operated from 1808 to 1858. It includes a stone blast furnace structure, a forge site, an ore pit site, a farmstead site, and a late 19th-century coal mine complex. The area includes a number of archaeological sites associated with the ruins of abandoned buildings.^[2]

LocationNorth of Rockingham above Dark Shade Creek, Shade Township, Pennsylvania

Coordinates40°9′11.22″N 78°49′41.88″W

Area208 acres (84 ha)

Built byGeorge Reynolds, Peter Gerhart

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Shade Furnace Archeological District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Shade Furnace, 1992
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Location	North of Rockingham above Dark Shade Creek, Shade Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°9′11.22″N 78°49′41.88″W
Area	208 acres (84 ha)
Built by	George Reynolds, Peter Gerhart
Architectural style	19th-century stone blast furnace
MPS	Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	07001380[1]
Added to NRHP	January 10, 2008

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]