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Barton Street School | Castanea Railroad Station | Farrandsville Furnace | Heisey House Museum
Barton Street School
The Barton Street School House is undoubtedly one of the favorite sites to tour for visitors. It is operated as a "hands on" museum and is a favorite with the children housing memorabilia from local fire companies and military.
Castanea Railroad Station
Much of Clinton County's History is tied to railroads. Local railroads carrying logs, coal, and passengers jointed with larger systems, providing endless market potential. The former Lock Haven Station of the Beech Creek, Southern and Clearfield Railroad, located in Castanea and constructed in 1883, is a find example of Victorian architecture. Owned by the Clinton County Historical Society, it presently houses the Clinton Central Model Railroad Club and their layout of model trains and railroad memorabilia.
Farrandsville Furnace
By 1857, six iron furnaces had been constructed in Clinton County. Of these, only two remain -- one at Farrandsville, located 5.2 miles north of Lock Haven, and the other on state forest land accessible only to the experienced outdoor enthusiast.
Completed in 1837, the Farrandsville Iron Furnace was the first and largest coke-fired hot-blast iron furnace in North America, reaching a height of 54 feet. An excellent example of dry masonry construction it produced 50 tons of high quality pg iron per week using equipment imported from Scotland. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Commercial brick making in Clinton County bean in the early 19th Century and was then associated with the Iron making Industry. The first firebrick made in Pennsylvania was produced in Farrandsville. Bricks made in Clinton County are visible in the Walkways at the Heisey Museum.
Heisey House Museum
The Heisey Museum is part of a brick Federal farmhouse built about 1831 by Dr. John Henderson of Huntington County who married a daughter of John Fleming, a local landowner. Jerry Church, the founder of Lock Haven lived here when the building was used as a tavern, run by John and Walter Develing.
Although Church and the Devlings both owned the property, the dwelling reverted back to the Hendersons in 1852 when Dr. William J. Henderson practiced medicine here. More...