Pennsylvania State University, The. Chartered as an agricultural college in 1855. Located on land donated by James Irvin, the school admitted its first class in 1859 to study the application of science to farming. Designated the state's only land-grant institution in 1863. Penn State was one of the earliest participants in this federally supported system of higher education, which promoted an innovative and diverse curriculum of "liberal and practical education."

Atherton St. (Bus. US 322) between Curtin Rd. & W Park Ave., State College, PA, United States

Centre Furnace - PLAQUE. This stack is part of the plant of the Centre Iron Company which was erected in 1792 by Col. John Patton and Colonel Samuel Miles, officers in the War of the American Revolution. The product of this furnace was the first iron melted in Centre County and ...

Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave. (PA 26), State College, PA, United States

Centre Furnace. Here Cols. John Patton and Samuel Miles operated the first charcoal iron furnace in the region, 1792-1809. Present stack used 1825-1858. In this era Centre County led in the making of Juniata iron.

Porter Road, 150 feet north of East College Avenue (Pa. 26), State College, PA, United States