Nomination for Harpersfield Covered Bridge

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Working Number 8. 19. 75. 15 7 4 Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Accept OTHER - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Entered Federal Register Entry HAER CONTROL Ashtabula Send-back Inventory TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST Maps HISTORIAN Re-submit National Register Write-up 2-3-26 -3-75 THE BRIDGE'S LENET IN T:2106- 74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No. 7 8,21.75 Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NOV 3 AND/ OR HISTORIC: Over the Grand River - Building - In Process - Preservation work I Transportation - Comments Religious , OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: - Court House TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: AUG 19 1975 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 Jefferson LOCATION Ashtabula STATE HAER Site 1975 ACCESSIBLE 007 REGISTER Government Private Residence Restricted OWNERSHIP Entertainment Being Considered CLASSIFICATION Both Yes: District Museum CODE Ashtabula County Public Scientific Unoccupied Commercial.

STATUS Agricultural COUNTY: Industrial DATA SHEET Educational COMMON: Military Harpersfield Covered Bridge at Harpersfield CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Public Acquisition Ohio REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: OWNER OF PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC Private (Check One) J. William Stanton Object Other (Specify) County road 154 -CATEGORY NAME Xi Structure NATIONAL DATE Park Federal DESCRIPTION - Excellent - Deteriorated - Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known)PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

high-boarded, vertical siding, a shingle roof and straight portals with pier and northern pier sare concrete.

great advance in bridge engineering because it introduced the use of the a 2-span covered bridge, but the great flood of 1913 cut a new channel a- CONDITION roads and highway bridge builders.The Howe truss has wooden braces and Fair center pier were either washed out completely or so badly damaged, that tightened up by means of turnbuckles if necessary to straighten a sagging Making it the longest covered bridge in the state.These megsurements do The structure under consideration is a 2-span wooden truss covered bridge The Harpersfield Bridge is a 2-span Howe truss with a truss length of 236 truss.It is believed that at that time, the original north abutment and snows of 1962-63 collapsed the roof and the bridge was closed while a new when the steel span was built, entirely new concrete piers and abutment counterbraces in the shape of xts with the iron rods as the verticals.

iron rods for the first time in a bridge truss.These iron rods could be not inclgde the l42' steel truss span at the north end of the covered 6"rafters sheeted with "x 4' x 8' sheets of plywood and covered with all of untreated pine.The siding is l" pine boards.The roof is 2"x In November l963,all the siding was replaced with the 1"pine boards men- (Check One) anda clear span length of 230'.The total length of the bridge is 243' and is2"x 6"pine.The top chords are 2-4"x8"and1-l2"x8" and the X Good - Unexposed Original Site spanning the Grand River in Harpersfield Township, county road 154 at overhang. The south abutment 1s the original cut-stone, while the center patented in 1840 by William Howe of Spencer, Mass. The Howe truss was a tioned above. According to the county engineer's office, the steel piers Harpersfleld in Ashtabula County, Ohio.

This old bridge has the typical roof was put on. The original roof had been put on with square-cut nails. Ruins spruce green heavy asphalt shingles. The Harpersfield Bridge was built in l873 on the Howe truss plan which was The Harpersfield Bridge is and always has been unpainted.It was originally spans.The overall width of the bridge is 20'8" and the roadway width is bottom chords are 4-5#x5" timbers.The chords and truss members are PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) itarian ( STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

At one time, covered wooden bridges of over 500' in length were not uncommon here in Ohio, but today, the Harpersfield Covered Bridge is name from the village of Harpersfield. This area was the site of a The state relocated the highway to the east and the bridge reverted AUG 1 9 1975 Conservation Engineering Commerce Military losophy Education Architecture SIGNIFICANCE REGISTER Transportation Communications Aboriginal Science Prehistoric Theater Literature Invention NATIONAL Social/Human- Agriculture Political RECEIVED Music Sculpture Urban Planning Landscape dam which is just to the east of the bridge.A waterworks which county park system. grist and saw mill and the mill stream enters the Grand River at the Religion/Phi.

generated electricity was built here in l9ol.The road became part bridge remaining in the state.It is said that this bridge was built closing this bridge to traffic and turning it over to the adjacent 16th Century Other (Specify) in l873 by a carpenter by the name of Potter.The bridge takes its to the county highway system in 1962.The county is now considering Pre-Columbian of the state highway system in the early 1930's and was known as SR SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Of especial significance to us because at 243' it is the longest such 1873 Art Industry 9.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Ashtabula County Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol.15, #1, March 1968, pages 1 & 2. Ketcham, Bryan is, Covered Bridges on the Byways of Ohio, Oxford Printing Company, 1969, page 23. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 41° 45° W 80° 56 17 504 6204622 500 AUG 1 9 1975. FORM PREPARED BY Feb. 1975 CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: Director, Ohio Historical Society August 15, 1975 * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l Seconds Degrees LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION LATITUDE Local UTM STATE Columbus Minutes Ashtabula County. National RECEIVED ATTEST: Title CORNER CODE COUNTY Degrees Minutes Seconds 039 Miriam F. Wood Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION State Historic Preservation Officer Ohio Covered Bridge Committee Date 3155 Whitehead Road STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: Record Books of the Southern Ohio Covered Bridge Association, Inc.,Vol.l, Ohio NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc Title: 11/3/75 Form No.

10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) COMMON: Harpersfield Covered Bridge CITY OR TOWN: AUG 1 9 1975 PHOTO CREDIT: Gailord A. Sprang NEGATIVE FILED AT: 18302 Canterbury Rd. DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. North portal of covered bridge, east side, looking southwest 039 DATE COUNTY Ashtabula RECEIVED CODE STATE LOCATION PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM at Harpersfield PHOTO REFERENCE ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTER Ohio STREET AND NUMBER: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND/OR HISTORIC: County road 154 (7/72) Cleveland.Ohio44l19 NATIONAL DATE OF PHOTO: January 7, 1975 U.S. GOVERNMENTPRINTING OFFICE: IDENTIFICATION CLEARANCE REDUCED 405 LEGAL LOADS PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc NPS Number UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No.

10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CODE COUNTY: COMMON: Harpersfield Covered Bridge AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION County road 154 AUG 1 9 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT: 18302 Canterbury Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44119 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. South portal, east side of bridge, looking northwest * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III- 1 039 DATE Ashtabula NAME STATE CODE NATIONAL Ohio IDENTIFICATION PHOTO REFERENCE REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (7/72) at Harpersfield NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) STREET AND NUMBER: FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: PHOTO CREDIT: Gailord A. Sprang DATE OF PHOTO: January 7, 1975 RECEIVED Title: NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No.

10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CODE COUNTY: AND/OR HISTORIC: AUG 1 9 19752 PHOTO CREDIT: Gailord Ae Sprang DATE OF PHOTO: January 7, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT: 18302 Canterbury Rå. DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. South portal, west side of bridge, looking northeast * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II - I 039 1975 Ashtabula IDENTIFICATION DATE NAME REGISTER RECEIVED Ohio STATE at Harpersfield PHOTO REFERENCE (7/72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: STREET AND NUMBER: County road 154 NENTRY NUMBER LOCA TION CODE NATIONAL Cleveland,Ohio 44119 GENEVA QUADRANGLE GENEVA, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED AUG 1 5 1975 80°56'40" W UNITED STATES Harpersfield Covered STATE OF OHIO NATIONAL 17 504 620 4622 500 STATE OHIO Date Entered NOV 3 Hon.

John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. - State Historic Preservation Officer Columbus, Ohio 43211 PR MMOTT: p1 11.13.75 INT: 2950-75 Location Name Cuyahoga Falls Harpersfield Covered Bridge Braceville vicinity First Congregational Church of Cuyahoga Falls Regional Director, Midwest Region West Union vicinity Hon. John F. Seiberling Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Trumbull County Sunmit County Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Ashtabula County Adams County Harpersfield vicinity Kirker, Governor Thotas,Homestead NOV 3 Bivell, Augustus, House 1975 Director,The Ohio Historical Soeiety Hon. William B. Harsha Hon.J. William Stanton NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: 4 county code: 5 LOCATION street & number V SR 154 over the Grand River ONO 11CONGRESS. DISTRICT 1SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL 14) WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

C YES, NAME - deteriorated 17) features: Omoved OO NOT INTACT-O @good Dunexposed - Unknown UNKNOWN-4 Ounexcavated * NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access 21 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.^ 21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW-16 - RELIGION-22 C SETTLEMENT-29 OARCHEOLOGY-historic -1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH -27 C MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D D EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 M TRANSPORTATION -25 3 functions @dates of initial construction: S architectural style(s): ®master bullder: D landscape architect / garden designer: 3 interior decorator: * artist: Sgartisan: @builder/contractor: reviewers initials IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE county CONDITION Harpersfield Midwest ASSOCIATION engineer: Ashtabula 11-3-75 PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: EVENTS: historic events: ACREAGE ENGINEERING-11 STATE ARCHITECTURE-4 major alterations: Harpersfield Covered Bridge WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ADMINISTRATOR: ART-5 COMMERCE-6 vicinity of SAVED?YES Dexcellent if state who prepared form?

PRIVATE ORGANIZATION Doriginal site LOCAL GNPS REGION: "first' URBAN PLANNING-31 Daltered city/ town ITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? Oreconstructed date NAME as it appears on federal register: Druins