Barree township

The Monroe Furnace Ruins

Monroe Furnace listed on the NRHP on November 13, 1989 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 9001818 (Wikidata). at the junction of Pennsylvania Route 26 and Legislative Route 31076,Photograph by the Wikimedia Commons contributor Smallbones, 2016-09-02. Released under CC0, a public domain dedication. Monroe Furnace ruins.jpg

What is left of Monroe Furnace, in Barree township. The furnace was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 13 November 1989, and the photograph was taken in September 2016 and released into the public domain outright.

Checked against the record. Placed by the photograph's own coordinates against the Census geocoder, which returns Huntingdon / Barree.

Sources

Wikimedia Commons: Monroe Furnace ruins.jpg, CC0 (2016)

Checked 2026-09-01 · Wikimedia Commons

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