Near Youngstown in Mahoning County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Pioneer Pavilion
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Mill Creek Furnace

Pioneer Pavilion Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 8, 2014

1. Pioneer Pavilion Marker

Inscription. Side A
Pioneer Pavilion Pioneer Pavilion, one of the oldest structures in Youngstown, is a rare surviving example of early nineteenth-century industry. James Heaton constructed this sandstone building in 1821 as a mill for carding and fulling wool. A millrace from Mill Creek and a waterwheel on the west side supplied the power. In the 1830s and 1840s, the woolen mill was converted to a storage facility for the nearby Mill Creek Furnace and later served as a cattle barn. In 1891, Youngstown attorney Volney Rogers purchased the property for Mill Creek Park, renovating the building in 1893 as a dining and dancing facility, and naming it Pioneer Pavilion. Generations of area residents spanning three centuries have celebrated social events in this historic landmark.

Side B
Mill Creek Furnace Constructed in the late 1820s or early 1830s, the Mill Creek Furnace was the first blast furnace in Youngstown and the third in the Mahoning Valley built by members of the Heaton family, who were pioneer iron producers. They had built the Hopewell Furnace in Poland Township in 1803 and the Maria Furnace in Niles in 1813. Originally

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fueled by charcoal, the furnace, with its thirty-foot stack, produced approximately three to four tons of iron each day. In the 1840s, the Mill Creek Furnace was rebuilt to burn bituminous coal. The remains of several small coalmines may still be seen in the park. The Mill Creek Furnace, the last charcoal furnace constructed in the Mahoning Valley, went out of blast in the late 1840s or early 1850s.

Erected 2003 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Mill Creek Metroparks, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 11-50.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Entertainment • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Appalachian Iron Furnaces, and the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1821.

Location. 41° 5.009′ N, 80° 40.848′ W. Marker is near Youngstown, Ohio, in Mahoning County. It can be reached from Old Furnace Road. Located at the Pioneer Pavilion in Mill Creek MetroPark. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Youngstown OH 44511, United States of America.

Mill Creek Furnace Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 8, 2014

2. Mill Creek Furnace Marker

Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Western Reserve

and in the Mahoning Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest.

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kyle-McCollum House (approx. half a mile away); Oscar D. Boggess Homestead / Boggess Quarry (approx. 1.1 miles away); Greg "The Flea" Richardson (approx. 1.8 miles away); Harry "Dirty Harry" Arroyo (approx. 1.8 miles away); Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini (approx. 1.8 miles away); Jeff "Prime Time" Lampkin (approx. 1.8 miles away); Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik (approx. 1.8 miles away); Kool & the Gang (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Youngstown.

Also see . . . Pioneer Pavilion. Mill Creek MetroParks (Submitted on December 8, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Pioneer Pavilion and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 8, 2014

3. Pioneer Pavilion and Marker

Marker is behind shrubs to right of sidewalk

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 8, 2014

4. Mill Creek Furnace Marker

Marker is to the right of the photo

Pioneer Pavilion image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 8, 2014

5. Pioneer Pavilion

Pioneer Pavilion Date Stone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 8, 2014

6. Pioneer Pavilion Date Stone

Mill Creek Furnace Remains image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, December 8, 2014

7. Mill Creek Furnace Remains

<i>Pioneer Pavilion and Horseshoe Curve, Millcreek Park, Youngstown, Ohio</i> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Youngstown News Agency, circa 1930

8. Pioneer Pavilion and Horseshoe Curve, Millcreek Park, Youngstown, Ohio

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 3,077 times since then and 156 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on December 8, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 8. submitted on December 9, 2014.

Pioneer Pavilion⎯⎯⎯Mill Creek Furnace

Pioneer Pavilion
⎯⎯⎯
Mill Creek Furnace