The red brick house, store, and bakeoven in Mc Alevy’s Fort, at the corner of Pennsylvania routes 26 and 305 are the remains of the 19th century iron industry in the state. There were many iron furnaces in the region, the largest two located nearby at Greenwood Furnace. [1]
In 1844 Robert McBurney built a house across the street from the general store, which was built in 1840. He later acquired the store. The bricks for all of the buildings probably came from a nearby farm that had a large deposit of red clay.
The McBurney manor house now serves as a bed & breakfast.
[1] These measured drawings were prepared by Kristine Wilson for the Historic American Buildings Survey, under the direction of Denson Groenendaal, Department Of Architecture Pennsylvania State University. McAlevy’s Fort, McBurney’s Manor House, PA Routes 26 & 305, McAlevys Fort, Huntingdon County, PA. Pennsylvania McAlevys Fort Huntingdon County. For more information visit the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/pa1981/.