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Furnace Hills Tenant House is located in Pennsylvania
Furnace Hills Tenant House
Location in Pennsylvania
Furnace Hills Tenant House is located in the United States
Furnace Hills Tenant House
Location in the United States
Location Unpaved Rd approx. 500 ft. E of Project Dr., West Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Architectural style Penn. German Bankhouse
NRHP reference No. 05000451
Added to NRHP May 20, 2005

Furnace Hills Tenant House, also known as Kurtz House and Foxfire House, is a historic home located at West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 1 1/2 to 2 1/2-story, banked sandstone dwelling, built c. 1830-1850. It is considered to be in a vernacular Pennsylvania German perpendicular bankhouse style. It measures 19 feet wide and 26 feet deep and has a gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing stone stable, also built c. 1830-1850. The stable has a frame barn addition built in the 1930s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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