Longdale Furnace, Virginia

Longdale Furnace is an unincorporated community located east of Clifton Forge in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States.

Longdale Furnace Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
House on State Route 269
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Location	Roughly, along Longdale Furnace Rd., Iron Ore Ln., Church Rd. and Conner Ln., near Clifton Forge, Virginia
Coordinates	37°48′33″N 79°41′04″W
Area	50 acres (20 ha)
Built	1827 (1827)
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Federal
NRHP reference No.	95000898[1]
VLR No.	003-0338
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1995
Designated VLR	April 28, 1995[2]

Much of the community was designated a national historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1] The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings, eight contributing sites and three contributing structures historically associated with the Longdale Iron Company foundries' operations and personnel. It includes the original stone furnace stack (1827), two-story Longdale Iron Company Office (late-1820s), Longdale Iron Company Laboratory, two tall cylindrical brick chimneys, brick machine shop, Firmstone-Johnson House (1870s–1880s), the Queen Anne-style Assistant Manager's House (1870s–1880s), and the Company Doctor's Office.^[3]