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Cornwall Furnace

Built in 1863. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“Cornwall Furnace is located near Cedar Bluff, Alabama, United States, in Cherokee County. It was built by the Noble Brothers to supply iron products to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.”

Wikipedia article Cornwall Furnace (Cedar Bluff, Alabama), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 1 National Register listings published here for Cherokee County · listed in 1972 · category: Structure · built in 1863.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2 mi. (3.2 km) N of Cedar Bluff, Cedar Bluff, 35959
  • When was it listed? September 1972
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville
  • When was it built? 1863
  • National Register reference number. 72000158 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

222 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Cornwall Furnace between 1997 and 2017, burning about 3,293 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 157 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism157
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-23
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cornwall Furnace: 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gaylesville AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this property

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Bluff, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$500,000Strong winds with a thunderstorm produced scattered damage in the Cedar Bluff area of Cherokee County. A portion of the roof to the Cedar Bluff High School gym was blown off. A number of trees were blown down, and a lumber company lost part of the roof as did a paint and body shop. A number of houses and mobile homes just east of Cedar Bluff suffered roof damage. Four homes were damaged, two mobile homes destroyed, and two mobile homes damaged in the Watson's Crossroads area on Alabama Highway 35 north of Gaylesville. Twelve camping trailers were destroyed in the Buffington Campground.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$8,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported blown down in and around Cedar Bluff.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$5,000A tree fell on a house on Russell Street.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$5,000A tree was blown down onto a mobile home along Boundary Avenue, in Cedar Bluff.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$5,000A few trees were blown down on CR 97 near the Fullerton community.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$3,000Several trees were blown down on County Road 44, west of Cedar Bluff.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$3,000Several trees were blown down on County Road 144, north of Cedar Bluff.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down at the intersection of CR-75 and CR-144, in Cedar Bluff.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$2,000Several trees were blown down near the intersection of CR 68 and CR 75, just north of Cedar Bluff.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$1,000A few trees and power lines were downed around Cedar Bluff, including Railroad Ave at Cornwall Ave, Cornwall Dr at Westbrook St, Reese St, and McElrath St.
April 2006HailCedar Bluff$1,000Hail just larger than golf balls damaged vehicles on the Highway 68 bridge, in Cedar Bluff.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$500Trees were knocked down on Cornwall Avenue and Highway 273 in the Cedar Bluff area.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Multiple trees were downed in the Cedar Bluff area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Trees were downed in the Cedar Bluff area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-A few trees and tree limbs were downed along roadways in the Cedar Bluff, Leesburg, and Centre areas. This included a couple tall pine trees that were downed across a driveway at a residence along County Road 131 near Cedar Bluff.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Numerous trees uprooted in the city of Cedar Bluff and across the northern half of Cherokee County. Roof damage to home on County Road 778.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Several trees uprooted along County Road 75.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Several trees uprooted along Brown Street in the town of Cedar Bluff.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Cedar Bluff.
May 2017Flash FloodCedar Bluff-Several roads under water and impassable in the Cedar Bluff Community, including Boundary Avenue, Lawrence Street, and portions of County Road 75.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Power lines blown down on County Road 44, County Road 698, and County Road 102 near the town of Cedar Bluff.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Several trees uprooted in and near the Cedar Bluff Community.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-A tree was reported down across County Road 131, just off of Highway 9.
April 2009HailCedar Bluff-Golf ball to baseball sized hail was reported in and around Cedar Bluff.
April 2006HailCedar Bluff-Reported at the Cedar Bluff Post Office.
October 2005HailCedar Bluff-Golf ball size hail was observed by law enforcement officials near Cedar Bluff.
August 1998HailCedar Bluff-Dime size hail was reported in Cedar Bluff.
March 2017HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
July 2012HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
June 2011HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
June 2007HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
April 2007HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
April 2007HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
April 2007HailCedar Bluff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72000158 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cherokee CountyAll 1 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.