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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1742/00/00 Peter Grubb Architect Peter Grubb establishes the Cornwall Furnace in Cornwall, Pennsylvania.
1745/00/00 Peter Grubb Owner Peter Grubb leases the ironworks to a consortium, Cury and Company, for 25 years and returns to Wilmington, Delaware.
1754/06/00 Col Peter Grubb Owner Peter Grubb inherits a one-third ownership of the Cornwall Iron Furnace through his father.
1754/06/00 Col Curtis Grubb Owner Curtis Grubb inherits a two-thirds interest the Cornwall Ironworks from his father.
1765/00/00 Col Curtis Grubb Work Curtis Grubb assumes operating the Cornwall Furnace, producing pig iron.
1773/00/00 Col Curtis Grubb Home Curtis Grubb builds al 19 rooms mansion at Cornwall Iron Furnace.
1781/00/00 Jehu Grubb Born Housekeeper and cousin, Hannah Bellarby Grubb, gives birth to Curtis Grubb's son, Jehu Grubb, in Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
1784/00/00 Col Curtis Grubb Life Concerned about his inheritance, Curtis' oldest son, Peter III, confronts his father and demands a share. Curtis legally subdivides his assets and gives Peter an interest in the ironworks.
1784/00/00 Peter Few Grubb III Life Concerned about his inheritance, Curtis' oldest son, Peter III, confronts his father and demands a share. Curtis legally subdivides his assets and gives Peter an interest in the ironworks.
1798/00/00 Robert Coleman (industrialist) Owner Robert Coleman acquires Cornwall Iron Furnace in Pennsylvania.

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Particulars for Cornwall Iron Furnace, PA:
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Institutional housing
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000671
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Local, State
Architect: Grubb,Peter
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1875-1899, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1742, 1883
Historic Function: Domestic, Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility, Institutional housing
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Museum Single dwelling

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