Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site


Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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Location	Pine Forge Rd and Douglass Dr., Pine Forge, Douglass Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°17′02″N 75°42′19″W / 40.28389°N 75.70528°W / 40.28389; -75.70528Coordinates: 40°17′02″N 75°42′19″W / 40.28389°N 75.70528°W / 40.28389; -75.70528
Area	24 acres (9.7 ha)
Built	c. 1730, 1800, 1918
Architect	R. Brognard Okie
Architectural style	Early Republic, Federal
MPS	Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP Reference #	04000191^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 18, 2004

Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site, also known as Rutter's Mansion and Pine Forge Iron Plantation, is a historic iron plantation and mansion and national historic district located in Douglass Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It has five contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and one contributing structure. They are the stone mansion or manor house, stone root cellar and smokehouse, "caretaker's cottage," garage, and small stone "worker's" house. The original section of the manor house was built about 1730, with additions made about 1800 and in 1918. The contributing sites are the remains of a dam, remains of a grist mill, and ruins of two stone buildings. The contributing structure is the remains of a mill race. The property now the site of Pine Forge Academy.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Melissa Pilar LaValley (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.

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