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This is the Milligan - Harty House, a two family
worker's house, nearly identical to the West wing of the Visitors Center
which houses the Museum. It was constructed as worker's housing around
the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. It is of simple stone rubble
construction with a basic lime and river sand mortar. This building
was worked on in 1995, when state funding stabilized several buildings
and structures in the park. A new roof was put on and the walls repaired
in the original style. The interior still has the original layout with
a wall down the middle and a second floor with 2 bedrooms on either
side. We hope to restore and refinish the interior and open the house
to visitors where they will be able to see the simple lifestyle of working
class families here in the ironworks.
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