Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

A Place of Opportunity - Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

The official visitor orientation film of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service in Elverson, Pennsylvania. Learn more: nps.gov/hofu

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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site


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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural iron plantation. The buildings include a blast furnace, the ironmaster's house and auxiliary structures including a blacksmith's shop, a company store and several worker's houses.
Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird, son of William Bird, who had been one of Pennsylvania's most prominent ironmasters. The site's most prosperous time was during the 1820-1840 period with a brief return to significant production during the American Civil War. In the mid 19th century changes in iron making, including a shift from charcoal-fueled furnaces to anthracite-fueled steel mills rendered smaller furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The site discontinued operations in 1883.
In 1938 the property was designated Hopewell Village
National Historic Site under the authority of the Historic Sites Act, thereby becoming one of the
earliest cultural units of the National Park System.
Today, Hopewell Furnace consists of 14 restored structures, 52 features on the List of Classified Structures, and a total of 848 mostly wooded acres. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is located in the Hopewell Big Woods and bordered by French Creek State Park on three sides and State Game Lands 43 on the south side, which preserves the lands the furnace utilized for its natural resources.

Hopewell Furnace Winter visit

Hopewell Furnace showcases an early American industrial landscape from natural resource extraction to enlightened conservation. Operating from 1771-1883, Hopewell and other iron plantations laid the foundation for the transformation of the United States into an industrial giant. The park's 848 acres and historic structures illustrate the business, technology and lifestyle of our growing nation.

French Creek Park #1 - Hopewell Furnace Pt 1

Part 1 of 3 or 4 of my bike trip to French Creek State Park in Elverson, PA
This part is the ride up to Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
part 2 will be a short tour of the furnace site

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Elverson Pennsylvania - Twin Valley High School Photography

Elverson is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania. As of 2010 the population equaled 1,225 people. However, in 2016 it was estimated that the population grew to about 1,311 people. Elverson takes up 1.0 square miles of land and it borders the Hopewell Big Woods. The closest city to the borough is Reading which is about 18 mile north.

The borough, today known as Elverson, had many names dating back to the 18th century a couple of them include Springfield and Blue Rock. James Elverson, owner of the Philadelphia Inquisitor, gave Elverson its name in 1899. In 1993 the Elverson Historic District went on the National Register of Historic Places. Elverson also is located near an early iron sight called Hopewell Furnace.

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