Decorative drawing: a timber truss bridge spanning a river on stone piers, side elevation. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,748 words across 11 pages, filed in 1975. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 75001442, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

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 - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) FEB 2 4 1375 AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: Clarence E.
Miller - CATEGORY (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC - Unoccupied * Structure In Process - Object - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 2 Transportation - Comments Military ( OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 LOCATION Court House ACCESSIBLE Both 079 Religious Site NAME Private Government Educational DATE Commercial Entertainment Jackson OWNERSHIP Museum Agricultural Restricted CLASSIFICATION REGISTER Being Considered Private Residence CODE Park Jackson County Scientific Yes: STATUS NATIONAL Public Building Industrial COMMON: Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge Public Acquisition: 3 miles southeast of Wellston Ohio DATA SHEET REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS OWNER OF PROPERTY Township road 165 Other (Spegtt?) ENTRY NUMBER DEC311974 - Deteriorated X] Unaltered DESCRIBETHE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The bridge has vertical, high-boarded siding, a metal roof, slightly by Robert W.
Smith of Tipp City, later Toldeo, Ohio. The Smith trusses truss expert Raymond E. Wilson of Swarthmore, Pa. has divided into four distinct types, according to variations in construction details. These variations, while improvements on the 1869 patent, were never its cheapness, lightness and equal distribution of the load. The DEC311974D 1966. CONDITION DESCRIPTION RECEIVED Excellent Good projected portals and stone abutments. bridge spanning Little Raccoon Creek three miles southeast of Wells- Fair Smith truss had rigidly fastened roof and floor stringers.Another feature of the type 3 Smith truss is the addition of extra diagonal 60°counterbraces welded to the top and bottom chords.The type3 16' wide overall with a 13'7" roadway. The overhead clearance is 12'.
The structure under consideration isa one-span wooden truss covered Buckeye Furnace Bridge is 68'long with a 58' clear span.It is (Check One) in existance today are all built on the 1869 patent,#97,7l4,which - Ruins - Unexposed # Original Site ton in Milton Township sec. 26, Jackson County, Ohio. The site is the Smith truss plan which was patented in 1867 and again in 1869 the years. The bridge is kept in good condition and was painted in Moved NATIONAL REGISTER braces found in the center panel.Mr.Smith claimed that the ad- type 3.The Smith truss features braces set ata 45°angle between This bridge is known as the Buckeye Furnace Bridge and is built on less than one quarter of a mile southwest of old Buckeye Furnace.
PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 20th Century AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Historic - Religion/Phi- Indus try - Literature - Theater O Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

covered bridges of which there is any record, this bridge 1s a Smith nace and covered bridge, lies within the Wayne National Forest. west and continued to serve this area ling after the old furnace DEC31 1974 Conservation Commerce Engineering Communications SIGNIFICANCE Science losophy NATIONAL Military Architecture Aboriginal Music REGISTER RECEIVED Invention Education itarian Agriculture Pre-Columbian Social/Human- Political home of its inventor, and many of our largest and finest covered Sculpture Urban Planning span left in the vicinity of an old iron furnace.Buckeye Furnace local labor.
The old covered bridge gave access to the furnace village from the was built some 20 years before the bridge.Like all Jackson County This bridge is historically important because it is the last such Other (Specify) Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge is in a remote section of eastern is a State Memorial and has been renovated by the Ohio Historical went out of blast in 1894 and the surrounding village disappeared. Landscape truss. This truss plan enjoyed great popularity here in Ohio, the Society who)also rebuilt the surrounding complex to look as it did Art built in l872,probably using pre-fabricated trusses erected by bridges were Smith trusses.The Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge was Jackson County on a township road just southwest of old Buckeye

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Company, 1969, page 92. Record Books of the Southern Ohio Covered Bridge Association, Volumn 4, 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 39° 03 W 82° DEC31 1974 FORM PREPARED BY Miriam F. Wood STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Nationa1 Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: * U.S.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-/ Degrees Local Seconds ORGANIZATION Name LONGITUDE DATE Columbus STATE LATITUDE COUNTY Minutes CORNER CODE ATTEST: Jackson County. Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio Title 039 NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Ohio Covered Bridge Committee NATIONAL STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION June 1974 3155 Whitehead Road NAME AND TITLE: Allen, Richard S., Covered Bridges of the Middle West, Stephan Greene Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Press, 1970, pages 22, 23 and 40. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN FEB < ÷1975 Park nomination - KEEPER OTHER CONTROL TECHNICAL HAER Review ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Maps HISTORIAN Re-submit BRANCH CHIEF 4-1-15 National Register Write-up REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 1. 8.75 Federal Register Entry Photos 3 Inventory gas /3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.
7 Entered INT:2106-74 State Cole Form No. 10-301a FEB 24.1975 Columbus, Ohio 43204 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. West portal, south side of bridge, looking northeast * US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 !I - | PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 039 IDENTIFICATION 079 DATE COUNTY Jackson NATIONAL CODE Township road 165 STATE ENTRY NUMBER Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge LOCATION PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: RECEIVED 3 miles southeast of Wellston REGISTER (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) 3155 Whitehead Road FOR NPS USE ONLY Charles C. Pratt NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohio NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND/OR HISTORIC: May 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NEGATIVE FILED AT: (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: CITY OR TOWN: DEC31 Form No.
10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: Columbus, Ohio 43204 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 !I - | 039 FEB 079 IDENTIFICATION COUNTY DATE STATE Jackson CODE NATIONAL PHOTO REFERENCE Interior view of trusses ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: AND/OR HISTORIC: Ohio FOR NPS USE ONLY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR May 1974 Township road 165 3 miles southeast of Wellston PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) Charles C. Pratt (7/72) CITY OR TOWN: FROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER COMMON: Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge 3155 Whitehead Road NEGATIVE FILED AT: 1975 Form No. 10-301a Columbus, Ohio 43204 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.
* US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 I- 1 079 039 DATE COUNTY IDENTIFICATION STATE Jackson CODE ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL Township road 165 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT: Ohio REGISTER 3 miles southeast of Wellston PHOTO REFERENCE May 1974 BROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER AND/OR HISTORIC: Charles C. Pratt NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (7/72) STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE OF PHOTO: LOCA TION NAME East portal of bridge looking west 1975 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY FEB 2 4 1975 STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: 3 miles southeast of Wellston 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 1961 039 079 REQUIREMENTS NAME DATE COUNTY STATE Jackson CODE NATIONAL REGISTER LOCATION Ohio (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) MAP REFERENCE ENTRY NUMBER SOURCE: Township road 165 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: PROPERTY MAP FORM COMMON: Buckeye Furnacd Covered Bridge DEC3X SCALE: MULGA QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MULGA, OHIO STATE OHIO Austin, Eliphalet, House Harmon, Francis E., House Sloane, Rush R., Residence Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. J. William Stanton Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr. Hon. Clarence E. Miller Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. Samuel I. Devine Hon. Charles E.
Mosher 2-28-75 Location Sandusky Dayton Jackson County Wellston vicinity Ashtabula Name Austinburg vicinity Ashtabula County Erie County Dayton Woman's Club Montgomery County Delaware County Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Hopkins House Sunbury vicinity Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge The Ohio Historical Society Regional Director, Midwest Region ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mr.Charles Director Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue 3 date of entry: 4)county code: 11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT 12 SOURCE of NOMINATION LD WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? 11) WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANOMARK?
-deteriorated 17 features: Omoved CO NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE -9 - No Access I AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : CLAIMS: explain -RECREATION -28 DARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric -2 C LAW -16 D RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest'O - AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION-8 - HEALTH -27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 C TRANSPORTATION-25 3funetions @dates of initial construction: 1872 6 architectural style(s) @master bullder: © landscape architect / garden designer: 1 interior decorator: FADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVEPSE CONDITION ASSOCIATION ETHNIC INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 major alterations: historic events: GROUP EVENTS: CURRENTLY: ENGINEERING-11 COMMERCE-6 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION YES.NAME FEDERAL vicinity of SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-2 ADMINISTRATOR: ART-5 5ACREAGE Dexcellent SAVED?YES Bartisan: NAME as it appears on federal register: Doriginal site LOCAL Midwest ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 GNPS REGION: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 2 OTHER NAMES: EOSTATE 1 state who prepared Torm Miriam 19 ADAPTIVE USE OYES ONO | IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
DyesØno @engineer: @artist: @bullder/contractor: -LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 3NAMES give role & date 2-24-75 079 Dfair Dreconstruoted Daltered EOUNKNOWN-4 Oaltered Oruins