below) that is credited as the builders of the time who remained in their home counties, Henderson was known to travel the eastern and southern parts of the state to build his bridges. Counties where he worked included Coshocton, Guernsey, Jackson and Muskingum, and Henderson was a competent mason and could therefore build the bridge abutments as well. One example is the Bridge Company as an erector. ' 1997 Specifications. [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/infrastructure/structures/04098/04.cfm] Builder NPS Form 10-900 Narrative Description (Expires 5/31/2012) 16, 18, 20, 21, 27 and 29). The bridge also features sandstone abutments (photos 9, 11, 13, 15, and 17). The Bell Henderson was a prolific nineteenth century Ohio bridge builder who resided in Beverly, Ohio. Unlike many other bridge Wolf Creek.
Henderson's longest bridge was the Stillwell Bridge over the Muskingum River in Muskingum County. While 5 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. Chapter 4. Types of Longitudinal Trusses - Covered Bridge Manual - April 2005 The Bell Covered Bridge is a covered multiple kingpost through truss design bridge crossing over Falls Creek (Southwest bridge was originally used for horse-powered transportation and was later modified to allow motorized vehicles to cross the creek. The bridge is still in use today. The design of the bridge is a covered multiple kingpost through truss! southeastern Ohio area in the late nineteenth century that still stand. These included two other multiple kingpost through Henderson's bid to build the bridge was unsuccessful, he did get the contract to construct the foundation for it.
During a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Bell Covered Bridge Washington, Ohio Name of Property County and State The Bell Covered Bridge was constructed in 1888 and sits across Falls Creek in Barlow Township. The bridge is located was established in July1818, which was named for Joel Barlow, a diplomat and politician involved in settling parts of the state of Ohio in the early late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries6 to agriculture, the nearby farmhouses still stand and the bridge continues to provide for the daily transportation of an average of 80 cars per day? the renovation were developed on the basis of field observations and measurements. In addition, the report indicated that the contractor would avoid damaging the structure.
After renovation, the recommended maximum gross vehicle weight was established at 15 tons. 3 Exterior Description the bridge is fabricated of wood, covered by a metal clad gable roof. The bridge is built upon a foundation of sandstone abutments. The bridge is anchored to the sandstone abutments with wrought iron tie downs. Both the rear, or south side, abutment and the forward, or north side, abutment consist of a wing wall on each side and an abutment face directly The interior of the bridge is unpainted and has a vertical clearance above the deck of 11 feet, 4 inches. The interior width A bridge of this design can span up to 100 feet. This design was necessary for the Bell Covered Bridge due to its length it was constructed in 1888. 6 Barlow Township, Washington County. [http://www.barlowtownship.org] Setting Condition/Changes (Expires 5/31/2012) NPS Form 10-900 the Bell family.
Several houses in the vicinity date back to the same time as the bridge. The community remains devoted renovation notes that damaged and missing bridge members were to be replaced with similar members using authentic and individual bridge hang on both sides above the entrances' (photos 1,3 and 6). The bridge exhibits a gable roof with a local sandstone similar to the existing stone. The existing bridge seat was lowered in the area of each truss to accommodate the floor system and to level the deck with the abutment backwall? support. The basic kingpost truss has two diagonal supports, called diagonals, which meet at the top of the truss, one horizontal beam, called a ceiling joist, which connects the diagonals together. The kingpost connects the top to the As noted above, the Bell Covered Bridge underwent its first rehabilitation in 1998.
The purpose of this refurbishment was leads up to the bridge and the surrounding land consists of forests, farm land and cow pastures. The village of Barlow construction methods. The report also states that the original design plans are not available for the structure, but plans for which is primarily used for bridges with spans less than 30 feet. A kingpost is a central vertical post used as a bridge continuously maintained its historic integrity, good condition, and accessibility for traffic with only the aforementioned brief 8 Smedley, Jim. Covered Bridge Trusses. [http://www.mdcoveredbridges.com/trusses.html] 8, and 10). The multiple kingpost truss design is an expansion of the kingpost truss, which is the oldest truss design, and United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No.
1024-0018 Bell Covered Bridge Washington, Ohio Name of Property The bridge setting continues to be quite rural and it remains on its original site. No other building construction has taken place near the bridge. During the renovations in 1998 and 2005, great care was given to maintain the original were required to extend the life of the bridge. (Expires 5/31/2012) NPS Form 10-900 County and State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Bell Covered Bridge Washington, Ohio Name of Property County and State 8.
Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history significant in our past. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high Period of Significance artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Significant Person (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.) Owned by a religious institution or used for religious Cultural Affiliation removed from its original location.
C a birthplace or grave. D a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. Ebenezer B. Henderson F a commemorative property. less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years. The period of significance reflects date of construction. Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) 1888 purposes. ENGINEERING Architect/Builder Property is: Property is associated with the lives of persons Significant Dates NPS Form 10-900 (Expires 5/31/2012) (Enter categories from instructions.) Period of Significance (justification) Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No.
1024-0018 Bell Covered Bridge Washington, Ohio Name of Property County and State Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph The Bell Covered Bridge is nominated to the National Register under Criterion C for its distinctive characteristics of a farmers and merchants. An early and important road established in the state was the National Road and a well-known Washington County. In fact, Henderson built 28 bridges in Washington County over a 24 year period in the late Narrative Statement of Significance The first permanentsettlement in Ohio was located at the mouth of the Muskingum River in 1788, and it became the City of Marietta. Though Ohio was well endowed in natural resources, and was an attractive location for homes, farms and state was built in 1809 in Columbiana County a competent stone mason, and could therefore do both jobs.
One of his most outstanding stonework examples is the abutments of the Hills Bridge in Washington County. (Expires 5/31/2012) NPS Form 10-900 therefore was more affordable and popular in Ohio than other designs. concerning Washington County, "There is one obstruction to the growth of this place, which its inhabitants ought to set town as Marietta, is a circumstance not at all to its credit - and quite as little to its profit.* The first covered bridge in the bridges to 80 yearsor more.The basic multiple kingpost truss, consisting of a series of vertical posts and braces forming the Y Bridge at Zanesville in 1832. E.B. Henderson then chose that design, which was unpatented and affordable, for the County over a 24 year period in the late nineteenth century. sandstone or limestone were known to last much longer. Stonework was usually priced by a 24.75 cubic foot section construction.
However, builders discovered that exposure to the elements significantly limited the useful life of wooden builder of the Y Bridge. This was the design chosen by E.B. Henderson for the 1888 construction of the Bell Bridge in nineteenth century, and only one of them did not use the Buckingham design. The kingpost design was not patented and sufficient to meet the needs of farmers and merchants. The improvement of existing roads and establishment of new themselves earnestly about removing.It is the want of good roads and bridges in the vicinity. That a traveler should be to Richmond, Indiana. A well-known covered bridge on the National Road was the old Y Bridge at Zanesville, built in was an early manifestation of the design to be used in the Bell Covered Bridge in 1888.
A truss is the framework of development of 11 major engineering designs for covered bridge trusses, increasing the expected useful life of the Early bridges were sometimes built on wood pilings instead of stone abutments to reduce costs, but foundations of called a perch. It could be cheaper if the if the same builder did both the bridge and the stonework. E.B. Henderson was United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Bell Covered Bridge Washington, Ohio Name of Property County and State of the structure. still favored in rural areas and on back roads because they were more economical. nineteenth century saw many covered bridges built to span the Muskingum, including the first in 1859 that facilitated frequency of flooding.
The Bell Bridge features such tie downs, which were anchored to the abutments (photos 19, 20, 22 through 26, 28, and 29). Another similar example of this is at the Barkhurst Mill Bridge (National Register listed in 1999 Reference Number 99000097) in Morgan County, Ohio, built in 1872 Bridges were necessary to assist in the travel, settlement, and subsequent daily life of an increasingly mobile population. Washington County was noted for its continued use of wood structures all the way to the beginning of the 1900s. Like most rural communities of the late nineteenth century, the community in which the Bell Covered Bridge was built was village, Barlow, Ohio.
(Expires 5/31/2012) NPS Form 10-900 the late nineteenth century reflects the pattern of life at that time.It is likely that a growing population and a sense of the Harra Bridge (NR listed 1976 Reference #76001547) built by Rolla Merydith in 1878, and the Shinn Bridge (National purpose of building a roof over covered bridges was to protect the trusses from moisture which could lead to deterioration Western Washington County was also the site of many late nineteenth century bridges, many crossing Wolf Creek and its branches. Among them were three remaining bridges, including the Bell Covered Bridge built by E.B. Henderson in 1888, the late nineteenth century as people traveled to the area to establish homes and settle the land.
The construction of the Bell Covered Bridge in 1888 assisted these individuals in their travels and daily lives, including accessibility to the nearest Register listed 1976 Reference# 76001544) built by E.B. Henderson in 1886.All three of these featured different truss Bell Bridge, Henry featured the multiple kingpost truss design. Covered bridges were built in Ohio over the course of about 80 years, and there were over 3,700 bridges in the state at adventure led many people to travel and settle in rural areas, which were dissected by creeks, streams and waterways. However, toward the end of the century, iron and steel began to replace wood as the favored bridge construction material. founded upon agricultural pursuits.
At least four farmhouses were built within approximately one mile of the bridge during United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Bell Covered Bridge Washington, Ohio Name of Property County and State 9.
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