Catoctin Furnace Historic District - Thurmont MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 34.746 W 077° 26.010
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The Catoctin Furnace complex illustrates the growth and development of the iron industry between 1774 and 1904--the operative period. Included in the district is the Log Duplex House.
Waymark Code: WM15BV3
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2021
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory---Nomination Form
The Catoctin Furnace complex, significant to American industrial history and industrial archeology, and its related living quarters, illustrates the growth and development of the iron industry between 1774 and 1904--the operative period. The ability to be self sustaining proves to be unusual, permitting the company from the start to mine, refine, and forge products within close proximity of each related operation and within the company-owned area. Raw material in the company-owned forests and some of the pits were adjacent to the furnaces, factories, and workers' cottages, facilitating the self-sustaining quality which resulted in economic success. The facilities were expanded and "modernized" as technology advanced during the operative period.
Inventory No.: F-6-45
Date Listed: 2/11/1972
Location: Thurmont, Frederick County
Category: Site
Period/Date of Construction: 1774-1904
Nomination Form Page 2-Log Duplex House (F-1260)
Over fifty tenant cottages existed at Catoctin in the 1870’s. Today less than a dozen of these are identifiable as the workers’ cottages. The simple dwellings were constructed of log or stone.. The Log Duplex House (F-1260), exemplifies the log structures.
Street address:
12607 Catoctin Furnace Road
Thurmont, MD United States
21788
County / Borough / Parish: Frederick County
Year listed: 1972
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Historic function: Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function: Domestic, Landscape
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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