Sarah E. Gephart Munson House

Bellefonte lawyer, John W. Gephart, owned this property when he reopened the Valentine Furnace in 1891, serving as President of the Valentine Iron Company and General Manager of the railroad that transported iron to the furnace. After successfully negotiating a plan to reopen the Valentine Furnace, Gephart spent nearly five years fighting the high costs of shipping on the railroad and resigned as President of Valentine Iron when he was unable to successfully settle the dispute. Not to be defeated, he formed the Bellefonte Furnace Company in 1899, which restarted the Valentine Furnace in 1900. Sarah Gephart was the daughter of J. P, Gephart and the wife of Lorenzo Munson who was Gephartas successor at Valentine Iron.