Nomination for Hope Furnace

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: Ohio Route 278 CITY OR TOWN: 5 miles northeast of Zaleski (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC - Unoccupied ] In Process - Restricted - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) ] Scientific OWNER'S NAME: State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 163 1973 Vinton LOCATION NAME Structure Entertainment Religious Government Military Site CATEGORY McArthur REGISTER Commercial Museum Private STATUS District Educational NATIONAL Columbus ACCESSIBLE Ohio Both Park CLASSIFICATION DATE Agricultural Building Clarence CODE Yes: Public Being Considered Private Residence Industrial OWNERSHIP Vinton County Courthouse COMMON: RECEIVED Public Acquisition: Hope Furnace Object State Office Building STREET AND NUMBER: JAN 3 - Preservation work * ENTRY NUMBER OWNER OF PROPERTY MAY251873 DESCRIPTION (Check One) X Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

,A few hundred feet from Ohio Route 278, identified by two markers, is furnace, used in the manufacture of iron, was operative from 1854 to 1874. The operation of a charcoal-fueled furnace required a large labor force. Around each furnace there was a community of 300 to 500 persons. The limestone, making charcoal, and transporting the different materials. Consequently, during the time of its operation, Hope Furnace was controlled the community! Wages were paid in scrip, redeemable at the around them, as well as the buildings associated with the furnace, often disappeared. Such is the case of Hope Furnace. stack was located so that the top was level with the area where charcoal and coal were stored.

The original statistics of Hope Furnace, as published in the Geological Survey of Ohio, Report of Progress in 1870, is as follows: 35 feet Diameter of boshes Batter of boshes, per foot 0 Height of hearth Diameter of " at bottom 3 One twyer of 4-1/2 inches diameter. Pressure of blast not known. Temperature of blast = 950° Production = 15 tons per day. Proportions of "half charge": Ore (roasted) 1,150 to 1, 225 lbs. Limestone, 70 Ibs. Charcoal, 35 bushels, or an average of 140 bushels to CONDITION The Excellent REGISTER 8-3/4 NATIONAL built of sandstone, rectangular in plan and tapering upwards. Inside RECEIVED a ton of iron. AN31973 were engaged in cutting wood (300 acres per year), digging for ore and Production during 1870 + 2,827tone of No.1 foundry iron. Height of stack 0 inches Good Fair X Deteriorated - Moved Many others surrounded by a variety of satellite buildings.

The furnace company company store. When the furnaces ceased to operate, the communities it is lined with either clay-bonded sandstone or fire brick. Diameter of" at top one of the two remaining furnace ruins in Vinton County,Ohio. The actual operation of the furnace required some 40 persons. The furnace stack is the only structure which remains.The stack is M] 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Prehistoric Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

by 25 miles wide extending south of Logan, Ohio into a three-county of the United States during the Civil War era. Production on the Ohio side began in 1826, with the last charcoal furnace being built in 1869. One of the region's great advantages was the availability of iron ore, better grades of iron ore, the scarcity of timber for charcoal and, in part, to inefficient management. 1and around the furnaces, stripped of its timber cover, became grazing land. Some has gradually returned to forest.

area, owned and operated by the state, is located just southwest of JAN 3 1854 Commerce Conservation losophy Military Transportation Communications Architecture Theater Aboriginal REGISTER Political Engineering Science NATIONAL Music Landscape Agriculture Education Literature SIGNIFICANCE Invention Social/Human- Pre-Columbian Sculpture ment of these industries, whole villages--such as Hope--disappeared.The Industry portation of these materials was largely responsible for the development itarian Religion/Phi The iron and related industries gave a strong impetus to the development in Vinton County. of the road system in the area and was influential in bringing the PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) of Jackson, Lawrence and Vinton counties.

With the decline and abandon- Today the Hanging Rock region, one of the most beautiful natural areas Art in the state, is largely Wayne National Forest.Lake Hope recreational Collins, H. R. and D. K. Webb, Jr. State of Ohio, Columbus, 1871. of Ohio, Columbus, 1884 Stout, Wilber.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY _OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 39 W 82 [LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES National Regi FORM PREPARED BY Laszlo G. Koe-Krompecher, Assistant Profeßsor July, 1972 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: 2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: GP 0 931-89 4 039 Degrees Name LATITUDE State DATE Architecture COUNTY LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION Local Athens CORNER CODE ATTEST: Ohio "The Charcoal Iron Industry in the Hanging Rock Iron District Degrees Minutes Seconds MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Ohio University NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION JAN 3 National Register. "The Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio. REGISTER NAME AND TITLE: 2373 Columbus: The Ohio Historical Society, 1970. Geological Survey of Ohio--Report of Progress in 1870. Con APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Minutes Title Columbus: Newberry, J. S. Ohio: The Lawhead Press,Inc,1956.

STATE Chio Entered Maps Re-submit HISTORIAN Send-back Photos KEEPER National Register write-up CONTROL REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN WORKING NUMBER PROPERTY Federal Register entry BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW 1.3.73. 2054 Vint MAY 2 5 1573 3/30/73 NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 5/25/7 7.5 MINUTE SERI E (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES MINERAL, OHIO 1961 MINERAL QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION HOPE FURNACE STATE OF OHIO Kr. Daniel R. Porter Ion. Clarence J. Brown, Jr. Director, Northeast Region Location Dayton 73001546 STATE Name Vinton County Springfield Date Entered Also Notified Clark County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER NRow1and:pcl6/8/73 Director Montsouery County The Ohio Historical Society Hon.Charles W.Whaleu,Jr. Hope Furnace Municipal City Buildins Hon. Robert Taft, Jr.

Coluabus, Ohio 43211 PHR Hon.William B.Saxbe MAY251973 Zaleskl vicinity