National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Hanover Furnace [Final]

Author(s): NJDEP Historic Sites Section

Year: 1974

Summary

This is the original, signed nomination form for the Hanover Furnace historic site with National Register entries documentation attached. 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. The document contains existing conditions photographs dated 5 March 1973.

Cite this Record

National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Hanover Furnace [Final]. NJDEP Historic Sites Section. 1974 ( tDAR id: 476260) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476260

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic

Material
Building Materials • Glass • Metal

Site Name
Hanover Furnace

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Hamlet / Village • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Historic Background Research

General
Bog Iron • Ironworks • National Register of Historic Places List • War of 1812

Geographic Keywords
Burlington County • Fort Dix • Hanover Furnace • Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst • New Jersey • Pemberton Township

Temporal Keywords
Nineteenth Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1792 to 1864 (Period of Significance)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -74.547; min lat: 39.971 ; max long: -74.504; max lat: 39.991 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Permitting Agency(s): New Jersey Historic Preservation Office

Submitted To(s): National Park Service

Record Identifiers

Form(s): 10-300 (July 1969)

Notes

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Hanover Furnace, final nomination