Existing comment:
"Springhill furnace castings, stoves, grates, Pyramid, Franklin and Canon stoves, cooking stoves suitable for wood or coal."
-- Merchant advertisement, Pennsylvania Democrat, Uniontown, PA, Newspaper, November 12, 1839
Kitchen:
Nineteenth century taverns in the North often had the kitchens placed in the structure for convenience and warmth. It is possible that the fireplace was upgraded to an iron cooking stove as more than a dozen iron furnaces were located nearby. |