Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: (Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine ' COUNTY; NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Piscataquis INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY

ENTRY NUMBER DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) ' £f'/£ '/$'&/*} l^.3\b°[ ||llll|i|l||ililll |;f$$|$i:i $i iii;il || llliil;£ W^MM^^^iMW^^^^^^^M-^^^^-^^^^ COMMON: /^'i'^'^^x Katahdin Iron Works AND/OR HISTORIC: /&/' J,1£!ilv2L 'f-\

S'TREET AND NUMBER: From Rt, #11, fj miles north of Brownville Junct ., tal^Ngr^ejlqrbad 6 Wiles t o 'K.I', CITY OR TOWN: " T6 R9 ^>^-,^,,v/;/ STATE CODE COUNJY ^^-— £-l_i-~- '" CODE Maine 18 Pi!scataquis • 02 1 IllillillliliillPililllllllliiilllllliii^ Il;|$i:;l|lii|ll;i3i:^ CATEGORY STATUS ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC ZZ District Q Building (XJ . Public (3 Public Acquisition: Occup ed D Y* s: . O Site Q Structure gT| Private Q In Process D Unoccupied D Restricted Q Being Considered D Preservation work Unrestricted (3 Ob'ject Q Both n 1- in progress Q No: Q

PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

Agricultural Q Governm ent Q Park Q " Transportation Q] Comments 1 f Commercial O Industrie 1 Q Private Residence n Other (Spvr.ify) Q ,„., , 1- Q Religious Q Entertainment I |- Museum JX] Scientific Q ^. „...... ,, ^ OWNERS NAME': State of Maine UJ STREET AND NUMBER: LU State House CITY OR TOWN; STATE: CODE 01 Augusta, Maine 1 8 •B i H. •• iiiiiiiiitiii :i|||||;||||||;|||||||||| COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC: g Piscataquis County Courthouse

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CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE COUNTY: Dover -Foxcro ft Maine 8 Piscataquis APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 17.8 acres

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DATE OF SURVEY: Federal [71 State [~J County [~] Local (~) DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: NUMBERENTRY T| O 73

STREET AND NUMBER: -o in C tn CITY OR TOWN: -* STATE: CODE m >. O DATE r (Check One) CONDITION Excellent [3J Good n Fair Q Deteriorated | | Ruins a Unexposed | | (Check One) (Check One) INTEGRITY Altered SS restotf&ditered c] Mdved n Original Site [X) DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Original Physical Appearance

There were 14....charcoal kilns (bee hives) providing fuel for the 1 blast furnace. Attached to the blast furnace was casting room.

The Pleasant River was darned creating a head of water and a canal brought it near the furnace.

Later a railroad was built to the site.

The community consisted of several homes, a 100 guest hotel and photo salon.

CO Present Physical Appearance rn rn Only one of the "Bee Hives" and the blast furnace tower remain.

They were thoroughly rebuilt in 1966 by Mr. Roland Robbihs, the z restorer of Saugus and Quincy Iron Works. V. CO

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Pre-Columbian | | 16th Century | | 18th Century 20th Century

15th Century Q 17th Century Q 19th Century

SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1843 - 1890

AREAS OF SIGNI Fl C ANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal Education I I Political D Urban Planning a Prehistoric | | Engineering | 1 Religion/Phi­ Other (-Specify; n Historic j*] Industry [X] losophy n Agriculture | | Invention | | Science D Art D Landscape Sculpture n Commerce | | Architecture | | Social/Human­ Communications | | Literature | | itarian n Conservation | | Military Q Theater n Music n Transportation | |

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (Include Personages, Dates, fivenfs, Etc.) In 1843 Moses Greenl4af discovered iron ore on what we know as Ore Mtn. (Sebec Island 1940 15' series). The surface limonite was smelted into 40-150 Ib. ingots or pigs.

In 1845, The Katahdin Iron Works was incorporated, and for about a half century "K.I." operated (1890) except for 8 years (1858-73). Up to 2000 tons (peak 2350) of raw iron were produced.

From 1873-1890, 200 workers were employed and K.I. had 2 large boarding houses, Town Hall, school, post office, company store, photo saloon and two farms producing hay for the horses.

10,000 cords of wood were annually consumed to make charcoal for the furnace. After 1882, 4000 more cords were needed to fire The Black Maria which brought rail transportation to the community, from Bangor. The integrity of The Iron Works is vouched for in that their script was accepted as legal tender as far as Bangor.

With the increased cost of obtaining 10,000 cords of wood every year, and the opening of The Mesabi Range ore fields, K.I. had to let its fires go out. Brockway, Marjorie - Katahdin Iron Works, Down East Magazine* Camden, Me. Oct. 1961, PP. 20-25.

Eastman, Joel W. - A History of the Katahdin Iron Works, Master's thesis, University of Maine, June 1965.

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. . STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE 70 C NAME AND TITLE: Donald Holmstrom, Historian O ORGANIZATION ^ DATE H State Park & Recreation Commission , June 18,~ 1969 STREET AND NUMBER: * State House . . ... CITY OR TOWN: < STATE CODE Aueusta Ma^ne " , ...18

As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­ I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. s~\ in the National Register and certify that it has been 0 I /) //) evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended (AAn^drilM^ U^uailtu Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic PresftvatiotT** level of significance of this nomination is: National Q State [3 Local Q DEC 2 3 1989 Date Name^^2Jv*^%^>«>-^- ^^C£^x^h ATTEST: .-> f/ Lawrence Stuart if , & - j / /? / Title Director ilruafajwi. /'//jMtEfih ' Keeper of Th^ National Register // Bate ^^ 22 > ^69 fiEC 1 1 1969 f UNITED STATES 15 mtn. Series ST Katahdin Iron Works * DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REP \, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PUBLIC ..69J5' |tgiOOOm.£ |482 45° 28* 22" N. Lat. 453° 1 45° 28' 20" N. L< 69° 10' 31" W.Long. 690 10' 33" W.Long. Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Piscataquis PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NFS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) ENTRY NUMBER DATE ^-fafrlsfrJlj /T7)M tfl/M z 0 COMMON: Katahdin Iron Works /kV'^vCV "y-A AND/OR HISTORIC: A^ ^^^,a ^\ h- u STREET AND NUM BER: 1 r> \^^>r & CITY OR TOWN: ^^'^ C£ T6 R9 H STATE: CODE COUNTY: ^/ToITT^^^ t/» Maine Piscatsiquis ^-^u--^

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