Alleghany Furnace

Alleghany Furnace is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Altoona, Blair County, dedicated 1999.

Blair County · dedicated 1999 · PA 36 (Union Ave.) in triangle median, S of 31st St., Altoona

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Here in 1811, Andrew Henderson and Robert Allison built the second iron furnace in present Blair County. Elias Baker became three-fourths owner in 1836, and in 1844 (as he prepared to build his Greek Revival mansion nearby) he became full owner. The stone store building here was erected about 1837. Until the furnace closed in 1884, it remained in the Baker family, which consistently spelled its name "Alleghany."

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