Longdale Furnace, Virginia facts for kids
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Longdale Furnace Historic District
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House on State Route 269
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 Location in Virginia
Location in the United States
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| Location | Roughly, along Longdale Furnace Rd., Iron Ore Ln., Church Rd. and Conner Ln., near Clifton Forge, Virginia |
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| Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
| Built | 1827 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000898 |
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| Added to NRHP | August 3, 1995 |
Longdale Furnace is an unincorporated community located east of Clifton Forge in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.
Much of the community was designated a national historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures historically associated with the Longdale Iron Company foundries' operations and personnel. It includes the original stone furnace stack (1827), two-story Longdale Iron Company Office (late-1820s), Longdale Iron Company Laboratory, two tall cylindrical brick chimneys, brick machine shop, Firmstone-Johnson House (1870s–1880s), the Queen Anne-style Assistant Manager's House (1870s–1880s), and the Company Doctor's Office.
