Harbison-Walker Refractories Company

Harbison-Walker Refractories Company
Harbison-Walker engine repair house, May 1989
LocationW. Shirley St., Mount Union, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°23′10″N 77°53′23″W / 40.38611°N 77.88972°W / 40.38611; -77.88972
Area21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built1899, 1905
MPSIndustrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.90000392
Added to NRHPMarch 20, 1990

The Harbison-Walker Refractories Company is a national historic district and historic refractory brick manufacturing complex which is located in Mount Union in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It originated as the Star Firebrick Company on March 7, 1865, with Articles of Association by a group of Pittsburgh and Allegheny residents.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is located in the Mount Union Historic District, established in 1994.