Exploring a Civil War era house from the 1860's in Natrona, PA
Channel: Michelle Blume
Date: 2021-07-25

We were invited to tour an 1860's home  built slightly after the Civil War in the United States.  These homes were provided by the Pennsalt company who produced a myriad of heavy industrial chemicals.

The home has three main living areas on the first floor, a bathroom, and small kitchen.  Ascending steep steps will take you to the second floor where the entire family would have slept.  

The home is currently owned by the Natrona Comes Together Association who is hoping to restore the home and turn it into a local museum.  

Probably the chemical Pennsalt has become infamous for developing is DDT which was a bug killer thought to help stop the spread of diseases like malaria.  Unfortunately, early science got it wrong and DDT proved to be extremely toxic to the environment.  

America's 'Mother of Environmentalists' Rachel Carson wrote her book 'Silent Spring' after coming out one Spring day and hearing no birds or seeing any insects.  Unbeknownst to her, she was downriver from the Pennsalt company producing DDT.

The home sits in the Pennsalt Historic District which was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places in 1985
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