Royer House, Springfield Furnace, State Highway 866, .25 mile North of Township Road 392, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA
Summary
Significance: Built by the Royer family about 1810; John Royer settled in this area around 1805. Along with his brother Daniel, he established an iron furnace one-quarter mile to the south, on Piney Creek. The house remained in the Royer family for a number of generations.
Survey number: HABS PA-6066
Building/structure dates: ca. 1810 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Royer, John
America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), sponsor
Madrid, transmitter
Fitzsimons, Gray, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
Williamsburg, 40.46202, -78.19973
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html