Hopewell Village, Charcoal House, State Route 345 vicinity, Hopewell, Chester County, PA
Summary
Significance: The Hopewell Furnace used charcoal for fuel, and the charcoal house served the important function of cooling and housing the charcoal.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-183
Survey number: HABS PA-5157-C
Building/structure dates: ca. 1801 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1801
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Null, Druscilla J, historian
Lorndale, B Q, delineator
Waxman, N E, delineator
Donohoe, R P, delineator
Location
Hopewell, 39.77917, -76.01667
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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