Jackson's Furnace Site (38YK217)

National Register Listing

Street Address:

Address Restricted (York County)

Alternate Name:

Jackson's Furnace, Stroup's Furnace

---

NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817746023

Description and Narrative:

(Jackson’s Furnace, Stroup’s Furnace) Jackson’s Furnace Site is one of only two sites that can be associated with the King’s Mountain Iron Company, which operated in present-day Cherokee County from ca. 1815 to ca. 1860. The furnace was originally developed ca. 1815 by Jacob Stroup and Edward Fewell. In 1825, it was purchased by a group of New York investors. In 1832, the South Carolina Iron Manufacturing Company, which was re-chartered as the King’s Mountain Iron Manufacturing Company in 1836, purchased the property. The well preserved site features, particularly the earthen sluiceway, have the potential to yield information about the mid-nineteenth century use of waterpower and internal site patterning and feature construction. This site is also the only intact site that is documented as containing both furnace and forge operations within an outlying operation. Listed in the National Register May 8, 1987.

Level of Significance:

National

Area of Significance:

Engineering;Archeology: Historic - Non-Aboriginal;Industry

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

May 8 1987

---