Nomination for Cleveland And Pittsburgh Railroad Bridge

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (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) AND/ OR HISTORIC: 23 - William Minshall (Check One) - Building - in progress * Structure - Preservation work - Agricultural - Transportation - Comments X] Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 035 039 44146 none Bedford Cuyahoga Site LOCATION Commercial Religious CATEGORY Government OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE COUNTY CLASSIFICATION NAME Private Ohio Entertainment Cleveland Restricted District Both Educational Unoccupied NATIONAL Yes: CODE Public Park Industrial Scientific Being Considered Museum Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Bridge Private Residence City of Bedford CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COMMON: 1219 Ontario REGISTER Public Acquisition: 65 Columbus Street Military STREET AND NUMBER: DATA SHEET TO THE PUBLIC OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY OR TOWN: Object PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 2+ 1975 STATUS ENTRY NUMBER Tinker's Creek Cuyahoga County Building - Excellent X Good - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered It originally extended over 200 feet in length, and its stone CONDITION DESCRIPTION Ruins This is the exposed remnant of a great masonry arch bridge.

imately fifty feet in diameter.The single-track roadbed is concealed. doned.The new right-of-way stands on a tremendous landfill approximately twenty feet wide. In l9ol the line was relocated to the.west and the viaduct aban- Fair (Check One) piers raised the roadbed to a height of over 1oo feet above L] Moved [X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

JUN 1 7 1975 REGISTER which covers one arch and the lower portions of the piers of the viaduct.Thus the bridge is still entirely there but partially PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! 1 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) 1864; 1901 - Political - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) - Science - Sculpture - Social/Human- - Theater X Transportation STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

and mason was Al Spafford, who is said to have used a derrick became a part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. JUN 1 7 1975 Commerce Communications Conservation ition. Architecture losophy Military Landscape Aboriginal Engineering NATIONAL REGISTER Religion/Phi Literature Industry SIGNIFICANCE Agriculture Invention itarian Urban Planning Music The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad came to Bedford skill of mid-nineteenth century American builders. An event of interest in local history was the passage of for the great arches. He was also a violin-maker.

This is a viaduct of truly Roman proportions.Even part- Philadelphia to Chicago for exhibition at the Columbian Expos- It was replaced by the stone viaduct in 1864.The contractor The right-of-way was changed in 190l in order to accom- modate a double-track line.The Cleveland and Pittsburgh later in 1852 and revolutionized east-west travel for the community. Education the train on April 27,1893,carrying the Liberty Bell from AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ially obscured, it is a magnificent testimony to the engineering Art The first bridge over Tinker's Creek was a wooden trestle.

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY UTM 17 455 330 4581 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: FORM PREPARED BY tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended June 6, 1975 * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-I 380 039 DATE LATITUDE Degrees LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION CORNER Cleveland COUNTY ATTEST: STATE Local Title National Ohio CODE November 1974 MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds 10825 East Boulevard Preservation Officer State Historic LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES I hereby certify that this property is included in the 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION STREET AND NUMBER: in the National Register and certify that it has been level of significance of this nomination is: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES National Register. NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES 406.

Ned Hubbell, Life in Bedford 1813 to 1970 (Bedford, 1971), 104-105, Society Seconds Minutes Western Reserve Historical Crisfield Johnson, History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1879) UTMOK Inventory JBA 6/30 SUL 2 4 1975 OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Maps KEEPER CONTROL HAER Re-submit TECHNICAL Review Photos HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 National Register Write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry State Qhis 6.18.75 BRANCH CHIEF 7-17-75 REVIEW UNIT CHIER INT:2106 -74 Form No.

10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC 035 039 Bedford Cuyahoga COUNTY Eric Johannesen NAME PHOTO REFERENCE CODE COMMON: REGISTE STATE Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Bridge PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM November 1974 AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ohio PHOTO CREDIT: East side of viaduct, looking west. CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY OF THE NAT:ONAL REGISTER NEGATIVE FILED AT: (7/72) IDENTIFICATION 2 4 1975 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6 - 167 STREET AND NUMBT inker's Creek DATE JUN17 Form No. 10-301g JUL 2 4 1975 DATE OF PHOTO: JUN 1 7-1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 035 039 Cuyahoga Bedford COUNTY NATIONAL DATE STATE Eric Johannesen Ohio CODE REGISTER PHOTO CREDIT: IDENTIFICATION COMMON: PHOTO REFERENCE FOR NPS USE ONLY Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Bridge PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR November 1974 ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE East flank of viaduct, looking south. CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) NEGATIVE FILED AT: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 876- 167 LOCA TION NAME Western Reserve Historical Society Tinker's Creek STREET AND NUMBER: Form No.

10-301a JUN 1 Y 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT: U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6- 167 Bedford Cuyahoga DATE NAME COUNTY STATE Western Reserve Historical Society PHOTO REFERENCE CODE 035 COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER IDENTIFICATION Ohio Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Bridge PHOTO CREDIT: Abandoned right-of-way on top of viaduct, looking south. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Eric Johannesen Novembaer 1974 AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER (7/72) 039F NATIONAL LOCATION REGISTER Tinker's Creek STREET AND NUMBER: Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUM BER: U. S. G. S. Shaker Heights 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-l 1970 035 039 Bedford Cuyahoga REQUIREMENTS Ohio COUNTY DATE NATIONAL MAP REFERENCE REGISTER Tinker's Creek CODE COMMON: 1:24,000 STATE SCALE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SOURCE: ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) FOR NPS USE ONLY FU2 2 4. 1975 Rev. 7-72 NAME LOCATION Cleveland and Pittsburg h Railroad Bridge Cleveland and SHAKER HEIGHTS QUADRANGLE 17 455 330 4581 380 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Pittsburgh SHAKER HEICHTS, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC 41 23' 04' JUN 1 7 1975 Railroad Bridge DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES OHIO-CUYAHOCA CO State Line Archeological District Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Donald D. Clancy Hon. Ronald M.

Mott1 INT: 2950-75 7/25/75 Location STATE Cuyahoga County Name MMott/row Wesley Butler Archeological District The Ohio Historical Society Also Notified Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Bridge Regional Director, Midwest Region ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hamilton County Date Entered Bedford State Historic Preservation Officer Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Elisabethtowm vicinity Dr.Thomas H. Smith Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Columbus, Ohio Director 43211 1NAME as it appears on federal register: 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: 5 LOCATION street & number TATE VTinker's Greek 12 SOURCE Of NOMINATION O deteriorated Oruins Omoved - NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed >O UNKNOWN -6 Dunexcavated L NAT APPLICABLE-7 S - Unrestricted - No Access SAVED?

-YES EI AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.-15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 - RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain DARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 'first'O - LAW - 16 C RELIGION-22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE-17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' D C AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 O MILITARY- 18 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY -13 'only' D - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 & TRANSPORTATION - 25 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: 1 major alterations : @architectural style(s): @landscape architect / garden designer: 3) interior decorator: IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ONREVERSES 035 CONDITION Bedford ASSOCIATION Cuyahoga PERSONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: vicinity of CURRENTLY: artist: FEDERAL SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT MIdwest COMMERCE-6 ADMINISTRATOR: Dcleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Bridge NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 7-24-75 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ART-5 Dfeatures: URBAN PLANNING-31 ARCHITECTURE Bfunctions SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24OTHER(SPECIFY) Dunaltered ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 Dexcellent if state who prepared form?

NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP 1864 dates of initial construction: @engineer: 4county code: GNPS REGION: city! town VOWNER PRIVATE COSTATE LI)CONGRESS. DISTRICT IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dyes - HEALTH-27 - MUSIC - 19 historic events 44-27-1893 &master builder: @builder Kcontractor _date_ 19 ADAPTIVE USE GROUP ETHNIC NAMES reviewers initials LOCAL YES-Restricted BACCESS Ofair give role & date CoFiginal site NONE