Furnace Hills Tenant House

Furnace Hills Tenant House
LocationUnpaved Rd approx. 500 ft. E of Project Dr., West Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°15′55″N 76°12′21″W / 40.26528°N 76.20583°W / 40.26528; -76.20583
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Architectural stylePenn. German Bankhouse
NRHP reference No.05000451[1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 2005

Furnace Hills Tenant House, also known as Kurtz House and Foxfire House, is a historic home located at West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 1 1/2 to 2+12-story, banked sandstone dwelling, built c. 1830–1850. It is considered to be in a vernacular Pennsylvania German perpendicular bankhouse style. It measures 19 feet wide and 26 feet deep and has a gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing stone stable, also built c. 1830–1850. The stable has a frame barn addition built in the 1930s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2012. Note: This includes Mary Virginia Shelley (August 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Furnace Hills Tenant House" (PDF). Retrieved February 18, 2012.