South Londonderry Township near Lebanon in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Colebrook Iron Master's House
Circa 1790
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 27, 2024
1. Colebrook Iron Master's House Marker
June 28, 2010
Susan & Barry Bucks
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1790.
Location. 40° 14.407′ N, 76° 30.748′ W. Marker is near Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is in South Londonderry Township. It is at the intersection of Elizabethtown Road (Pennsylvania Route 241) and Mount Wilson Road ( Route 117), on the right when traveling east on Elizabethtown Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5200 Elizabethtown Rd, Lebanon PA 17042, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lawn - 1889 (approx. 1.7 miles away); Original Post Office (approx. 2.2 miles away); Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Building 1902 (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Pennsylvania Chatauqua (approx. 2.2 miles away); Mount Gretna Campmeeting (approx. 2.3 miles away); Library (approx.
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Regarding Colebrook Iron Master's House. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:
The ten acre tract was originally part of the Colebrook Furnace property which was accumulated during the late eighteenth and early to mid nineteenth centuries by Robert Coleman and his descendants. The resources in the complex date to the ca. 1791-1796 time period and include the house, constructed in two parts, the stable, the kitchen house, the spring house, the privy, the spring trough, the carriage shed and the cast iron fence.
The Coleman family retained ownership of the Colebrook Furnace and the subsequent Colebrook Estate from its construction beginning in 1791 until 1893 when all the assets owned by Robert Habersham Coleman were assigned to the Pennsylvania Trust Company. While four generations of the family had overall control of the Colebrook property, none of the Colemans made the Colebrook Iron Master's House their permanent home. As the house was being completed, Robert Coleman became father to a fourth son, Thomas Bird Coleman, who would eventually inherit Colebrook. It is likely that Coleman planned the original house at Colebrook,with its restrained elegance, as a fixture home for one of his sons while they learned the family business. Since this was not likely to happen for some years, the addition may have been constructed as living space for the manager of Colebrook Furnace.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 27, 20242. Colebrook Iron Master's House Marker
Also see . . .
1. Colebrook Iron Master's House (PDF). National Register nomination for the property. (Prepared by Susan M. Cabot; via National Archives) (Submitted on October 11, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. The Legend or Haunting of the Hounds of Colebrook Furnace: Lebanon County, PA. The Legend of the Hounds tale of Lebanon County was largely popularized by the famed poem penned by George H. Boker as early as 1869. Its historical accuracy, however, is in doubt. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania) (Submitted on October 11, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
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