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Harmony Forge Mansion

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Summary

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Field	Value
name	Harmony Forge Mansion
image	Harmony Forge Mansion Dec 12.jpg
caption	Harmony Forge Mansion, December 2012
location	South of Milesburg on Pennsylvania Route 144, Boggs Township, Pennsylvania
coordinates
locmapin	Pennsylvania#USA
built	c. 1810-1820, c. 1847
added	October 16, 1979
area	32 acre
refnum	79002183

The Harmony Forge Mansion is an historic home and property which is located in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

History and architectural features

Originally the site of the Harmony Forge/Milesburg Iron Works, today the Harmony Forge Mansion survives, along with a large antique barn and a number of other outbuildings. Although the mansion was built between 1810 and 1820 by Joseph Miles, the Harmony Forge property dates back to the 1790s. The site is a landmark of the charcoal iron industry that prospered in Central Pennsylvania following the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. The iron forge was erected in 1795, on property purchased by Colonel Samuel Miles. Construction was supervised by ironmaster John Dunlop and the firm of Miles, Patton and Miles. The construction of the mansion followed sometime thereafter, and can be dated to sometime between 1796 and 1820. Colonel Miles never settled in Centre County, instead sending his sons John and Joseph to manage the forge and lay out the town of "Milesborough", now Milesburg, circa 1793.

References

{{NRISref
Gregory Ramsey. (March 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Harmony Forge Mansion". National Archives and Records Administration.

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