In 1855, the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania chartered the Farmer's High School. The school's trustees decided to build the school on of Centre County land donated by Irvin. That Farmer's High School is now
Pennsylvania State University. Irvin Hall, one of Penn State's oldest residential halls, is named in his honor. Irvin died from a case of Smallpox in Hecla, Centre County, Pennsylvania, on November 28, 1862. He is buried in
Union Cemetery in
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The
Oak Hall Historic District, associated with his dwelling in
College Township, Pennsylvania, was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Also on the Register is the
Monroe Furnace, which he established in 1849. ==References==