Built circa 1770, this historic structure is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay by two-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof and pent. It was originally the ironmaster's home and office at an eighteenth-century iron forge. The forgemaster, John Young, and his wife, Susanna, lived there with their five children: John, Elizabeth, Susanna, Sarah and George. The forge operated from roughly 1760 to 1800. The house later became a farmhouse.
In 1925, the property was sold to the Catholic Church for use as a boy's summer camp. The camp closed during the late-1970s.
^Young, Israel Gilbert (1869). Fragmentary Records of the Youngs, Comprising, in Addition to Much General Information Respecting Them, a Particular and Extended Account of the Posterity of Ninian Young, an Early Resident of East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pa. Philadelphia Pa: William S. Young. p. 44.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
