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'''Ironville Historic District''' is a national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]] located at [[Crown Point, New York|Ironville]] in [[Essex County, New York]]. The district contains 12 contributing buildings. It encompasses the area associated with a once thriving [[iron works]]. Almost nothing remains of the iron works itself. The remaining buildings consists of modest wooden dwellings including the Penfield Homestead (1828; now a museum), boarding house (1827), Congregational Church (1842), commercial building / grange hall (1870s), and cemetery. Ironville is known as the "Birthplace of the Electrical Age", being the site of the first industrial application of electricity in the United States.<ref name="nrhpinv_ny">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3552|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ironville Historic District|date=December 1973|accessdate=2010-07-14 |author=Doris Vanderlipp Manley|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]}} ''See also:'' {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3553|title=Accompanying five photos}}</ref> |
'''Ironville Historic District''' is a national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]] located at [[Crown Point, New York|Ironville]] in [[Essex County, New York]]. The district contains 12 contributing buildings. It encompasses the area associated with a once thriving [[iron works]]. Almost nothing remains of the iron works itself. The remaining buildings consists of modest wooden dwellings including the Penfield Homestead (1828; now a museum), boarding house (1827), Congregational Church (1842), commercial building / grange hall (1870s), and cemetery. Ironville is known as the "Birthplace of the Electrical Age", being the site of the first industrial application of electricity in the United States.<ref name="nrhpinv_ny">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3552|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ironville Historic District|date=December 1973|accessdate=2010-07-14 |author=Doris Vanderlipp Manley|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]}} ''See also:'' {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3553|title=Accompanying five photos}}</ref> |
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Ironville Historic District | |
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| Location | Area surrounding Ironville including Furnace St. and Penfield Pond, Ironville, New York |
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| Area | 73 acres (30 ha) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001237[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 1974 |
Ironville Historic District is a national historic district located at Ironville in Essex County, New York. The district contains 12 contributing buildings. It encompasses the area associated with a once thriving iron works. Almost nothing remains of the iron works itself. The remaining buildings consists of modest wooden dwellings including the Penfield Homestead (1828; now a museum), boarding house (1827), Congregational Church (1842), commercial building / grange hall (1870s), and cemetery. Ironville is known as the "Birthplace of the Electrical Age", being the site of the first industrial application of electricity in the United States.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Doris Vanderlipp Manley (December 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ironville Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-14. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
