Paradise Furnace
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Paradise Furnace
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West side of the furnace stack in September 2014
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| Location | 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Entriken in Trough Creek State Park, Todd Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°18′39″N 78°07′34″W / 40.31083°N 78.12611°WCoordinates: 40°18′39″N 78°07′34″W / 40.31083°N 78.12611°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| MPS | Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780-1939 MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 90000403 |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 1990 |
Paradise Furnace, also known as Mary Anne Furnace, is a national historic district located in Trough Creek State Park at Todd Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It consists of two contributing buildings and one contributing structure associated with a former iron furnace. They are the ironmaster's mansion, furnace stack, and a log workers' house. The ironmaster's mansion was built in the 1830s, and is a 2 1/2-story stone house in the Georgian plan. The furnace stack dates to the 1830s, and is a 28-foot square, coursed rubble stone structure. It measures between 15 and 20 feet tall. The ironworks operated from the late-18th century into the 1860s, when economic conditions caused it to be fired. The two-story log house dates to the late-18th century. It was converted for use as the park visitor's center / museum in 1982.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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