Cultural Landscape Report: Hopewell Furnace Historic Site

摘要

This Cultural Landscape Report concentrates on the approximately 848 contiguous acres of land located within Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site's boundaries. These boundaries, set on July 24, 1946, are located within the southeast section of lands acquired for French Creek Recreation Demonstration Project and include the entire 213 acre parcel first designated as Hopewell Village National Historic Site on August 3,1938. The current site contains only a fraction of the lands formerly associated with Hopewell Furnace. Approximately 260 acres of land contained within the current park boundaries were acquired by former furnace owners during the first quarter of the twentieth century. The majority of lands historically associated with Hopewell Furnace are located within French Creek State Park's boundaries. In 1942 all lands formerly designated as French Creek Recreation Demonstration Project were placed under Hopewell Village National Historic site's charge. Four years later approximately five thousand acres of this land reverted back for use as a recreation demonstration area and in 1947 these lands were deeded to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use as French Creek State Park. The 848 acres set aside in 1946 remained as Hopewell Village National Historic Site. In 1985 the site's name changed to Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site.