National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Hanover Furnace (Revised) [Draft]

Summary

This is a revised nomination form for the Hanover Furnace historic site. Hanover Furnace is located on the North Branch of the Rancocas Creek within the Fort Dix military reservation. The form summarizes the history of the industrial town and notes that no extant structures mark the town’s location. Key archaeological features identified include: the bramble-covered iron master's house site; a pile of rubble representing the furnace, and dead-end roads. Hanover Furnace dates from the post-revolutionary eighteenth century and contained an iron furnace, iron master's house, workers houses, and a sawmill. The adjacent pine woods and swamps supplied the ore and fuel (charcoal) for the production of cast iron. The furnace supported a community of over 200 people and lasted until the raw materials were depleted in the 1840's. This revised form includes a narrative boundary description, a location map depicting surface features associated with the archaeological site, and revised topographic maps showing historic property boundaries.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Fort Dix Archaeology and Cultural Resources Archive   •
• Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Archaeology and Cultural Resources Archive

Keywords

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1792 to 1864 (Period of Significance)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base

Prepared By(s): Louis Berger & Associates

Submitted To(s): New Jersey Historic Preservation Office

Record Identifiers

Form No.(s): 10-306 (Rev. 10-74)

File Information