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Royer House, Springfield Furnace, State Highway 866, .25 mile North of Township Road 392, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

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Royer House, Springfield Furnace, State Highway 866, .25 mile North of Township Road 392, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

description

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

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970

person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Royer, John

America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), sponsor

Madrid, transmitter

Fitzsimons, Gray, historian

Lowe, Jet, photographer

place

Location

Williamsburg, 40.46202, -78.19973

Google Map of 40.4620172, -78.19973200000001

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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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