Buchanan Furnace

	Buchanan Furnace
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Pennsylvania state historical marker
	Location within Pennsylvania Location within the United States
Location	Off Pennsylvania Route 378 at the Clarion River near Callensburg, Licking Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°7′54″N 79°33′32″W / 41.13167°N 79.55889°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1844
Architectural style	Iron furnace
MPS	Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	91001129
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 06, 1991
Designated PHMC	April 03, 1950

The Buchanan Furnace is a historic iron furnace located in Licking Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1844, and is a cold blast charcoal furnace measuring 30 by 33 feet (9.1 by 10.1 m) at the base and 33 feet (10 m) tall. It had a maximum production of 1,200 short tons (1,100 t) per year and was abandoned in 1858 because of a lack of timber to be used as fuel.^[3]

Thirty-one iron furnaces were built in Clarion County, mostly from 1840-1850. They supplied the region as well as the Pittsburgh rolling mills.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
1 2 Diane B. Reed (March 1991). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Buchanan Furnace. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 15, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[phmcdatabase-2] "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[nrhpdoc-3] 1 2 Diane B. Reed (March 1991). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Buchanan Furnace. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 15, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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