Nomination for Mull Covered Bridge

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: Just south off county road f L 143 (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC - In Process - Preservation work - Agricultural - Transportation - Comments X Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Sandusky Fremont 039 LOCATION Religious Site CLASSIFICATION STATE Restricted ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY District STATUS OWNERSHIP Private Residence Government Private Unoccupied Federal Entertainment Educational Both Being Considered Mull Covered Bridge Park NATIONAL Military Museum Court House Public Yes: Commercial County CODE Scientific Industrial COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Building Sandusky County Historical Society Historic Site 1337 Hayes Avenue STREET AND NUMBER: Public Acquisition: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS OWNER OF PROPERTY Ohio Object Delbert L.

Latta NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ENTRY DATE CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) DATE OF SURVEY: OCT 1 5 1974 Local DATE Structure REGISTER DESCRIPTION Q Fair - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved Z Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The structure under consideration is a two-span wooden truss covered his book, Covered Bridges of the Northeast, Richard S. Allen describes New England States, most of the Southern States and the Mid-West. Except for the addition of the center pier, the outward appearance of CONDITION Excellent REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED Ruins a sheet metal roof, straight portals and stone abutments.The concrete jacent to the bridge site and assembled and then the truss was jockeyed the Town Lattice truss as an uninterrupted series of crisscrossed Town truss.Pine or spruce plank was the usual material used in the The Mull Bridge is built on the Town Lattice truss plan patented in 1820 Town truss and holes were bored into the planks at every lattice inter- by Ithiel Town, an architect and builder of New Haven,Connecti cut.In The siding and portals are unpainted.

and lower chords.Wooden connecting pins called treenails or "trunnels# bridge spanning the east branch of Wolfe Creek in Ballville Township county road 9. This covered bridge has vertical, high-boarded siding, made of oak were soaked in oil and driven into these holes with a long- to pin it together.These lattice trusses were laid out in a field ad- pier is obviously a later addition. handled mallet called a Beetle (pronnunced "biddle").There were approxi- (Check One) Good JUL 3 0 1874 section 31, Sandusky County, Ohio. The bridge is just south off Ior both highway and railroad use.

For railroad use, the lattice trusses section and at the places where the lattices were secured to the upper triangle was impossible.This was the secret of the strength of the the Mull Bridge has changed little over the years.The overall length mately 2,592 holes in a 100'lattice highway bridge requiring 912 trunnel$ is 1l0'with a 97' clear span.There is a 14'roadway and a 12'clearance PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian | : SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Science - Social/Human- - Theater - Transportation JUL 3 0 1851 Conservation Commerce Engineering losophy

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SIGNIFICANCE Architecture Aboriginal REGISTER Prehistoric Music Education Agriculture Literature Communications itarian Religion/Phi- Sculpture the old covered bridge which is closed to vehicular traffic.A turn- STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

to maintain the Mull Covered Bridge for historical purposes. Industry around has been provided for the convenience of tourists wishing to Invention only ll Town Lattice trusses left in Ohio. In l962,the county built a new bridge over Wolfe Creek and by-passed west quarter of the state.In addition, the Mull Bridge is one of Military covered bridges in Ohio and one of only 3 covered spans in the north- AREAs OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ago.As it was built in 185l, the Mull Bridge is one of the oldest Political Landscape Century Art RECENED sioners formally gave the Sandusky County Historical Society the right bridge was formally dedicated as a memento of the past and the new Press, 1970, p. 31 and 33. 1957, p. 15, 16, and 26. Company, 1969, p. 171. Fremont News, August 27, 1962, article on dedication of Mull Covered Bridge.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 41° APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: JUL 3 0 1974 FORM PREPARED BY Apri1 23, 1974 CITY OR TOWN: 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Nationa 1 Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: Local O * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-I 039 Seconds Degrees LATITUDE LONGITUDE DATE ORGANIZATION COUNTY Name Miriam Wood Minutes CORNER Columbus NATIONAL ATTEST: REGISTER STATE Degrees Minutes Seconds 4569770 CODE NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Ohio Covered Bridge Committee Ohio NAME AND TITLE: STREET AND NUMBER: 3155 Whitehead Road Title RECEIVED Allen, Richard S.,"Covered Bridges of the Middle West",Stephen Greene less than one 7. 30. 74.1235 CONTROL REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST TO HAER Send-back _ Re-submit _ UCT 1 5 1974 Entered KEEPER National Register Write-up WORKING NUMBER Federal Register entry MAPS TECH REVIEW HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Sandusky 1011179 PHOTOS 7.31 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev.

7-72 FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: 4 miles east of Burgoon U.S.G.S. Fremont West Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-1 1969 Sandusky 039 REQUIREMENTS REGISTER NAME DATE 143 STATE COUNTY LOCATION CODE NATIONAL 1:24000 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohio NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM SOURCE: AND/OR HISTORIC: Just south off county road 9 ENTRY NUMBER SCALE: MAP REFERENCE (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) CITY OR TOWN: OCT 151974 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FREMONT WEST QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FREMONT WEST, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) OCT 1 5 1974 Summit County Courthouse and Annex Kimball, Lemuel (II), House Mr. Charles W. Pratt Hon. William H.

Harsha Columbus, Ohio 43211 Regional Director, Midwest Region Location STATE 10/18/74 Name Date Entered MMott/row Lake County Burgoon vicinity Clermont County Also Notified The Ohio Historical Society Mull Covered Bridge Sandusky County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Director Akron Interstate #7l at 17th Ave. State Historic Preservation Officer Summit County Hon. Delbert L. Latta Gatch Site Miiford vicinity Hon. John F. Seiberling Bon. Robert Taft, Jr. Madison Hon.J. Willian Stanton