The hamlet of Ironville, Town of Crown Point, is situated in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York.
Of the once thriving ironworks almost nothing remains.
The company store is now a cellar hole; the forge and separator are in ruins;
the sawmill and grist mill have shared the same fate.
The narrow-gauge railroad bed is overgrown with trees.
It is difficult to imagine the industrial activity of the 19th century
when confronted with only traces of its existence.
Luckily, the modest wooden dwellings of Ironville did not share the fate of the ironworks.
The Penfield Homestead is the focal point of the Ironville district, due to its size and central location.
It is two stories high with attached wood and ice sheds.
The two entrances feature graceful Federal period fanlights.
One of the first structures to be built in Ironville was the boarding house.
This early building remains as a simple one and a half story building with a rear wing.
The influence of the Greek Revival period is seen in the 1840s Congregational Church
with its symmetrical façade. The Parsonage, which has a typical entrance of the period
complete with transom and sidelights, was built at the same time as the neighboring Harwood House.
The hamlet also featured the Ironville Schoolhouse.
As time passed, this structure was remodeled into a fire station for equipment and storage.
Three other buildings comprise the hamlet and they are in keeping with the rest.
Some of the original historic district buildings are no longer standing,
including the Temperance and Grange Halls.
Historic Ironville also includes a portion of Penfield Pond and Putnam Creek
and the foundations of once booming iron ore manufacturing complex.