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

Nomination for Brubaker Covered Bridge

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,558 words across 10 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 75001527, 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 (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) JUN 1 1 1975 AND/ OR HISTORIC: Eighth- Walter E. Powel1 - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) X Transportation - Comments -.
Commercial OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 135 Eaton Columbus CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE Religious Unoccupied Government County NAME Educational Preble Private Site CATEGORY Yes: Both Entertainment Being Considered LOCATION Restricted District Museum OWNERSHIP STATUS Private Residence Building Agricultural Scientific Military Park Industrial COMMON: Corner of Barron and Main Public Brubaker Covered Bridge CODE Structure Ohio Historical Society CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Public Acquisition: Object Preble County Court House NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Aukerman Creek Road Ohio Covered Bridges, John Diehl STREET AND NUMBER: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC I-7l and l7th Avenue In Process Ohio DATE OF SURVEY: CITY OR TOWN: X State Other (Specify) - Federal DATE c/o County Commissioners Preble County Court House, corner of Barron and Main OWNER OF PROPERTY Preble County Vicinity of Gratis of) X Excellent - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X] Original Site Iloor beams and replaced a part of the shingle roof with CONDITION DESCRIPTION gonal counterbraces in its multiple kingpost construction.
NATIONAL RECEIVED REGISTER sand stucco applied with a compressed air technique. Fair It is a single span bridge set on cut limestone abutments and The Brubaker Covered Bridge is an example of the little boards and has an 8 feet overhang at each end.The level features a low pitched gabled roof with shingles and metal Poor visibility caused by the oblique angles of the roadway is l5 feet wide and has an overhead clearance of ment has also added an oak runway over the original beech known Childs truss bridges which utilized iron bars as dia- (Check One) Good DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

MAY roadway approaches,required the removal of a portion of the metal. The stone abutments have been pointed with a cement- vertical siding in 1936. The Preble County Highway Depart- Pre-Columbian | - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) Ö Urban Pianning "losophy: ] Social/Human- Military ( - Theater X Transportation MAY 2 1887 Conservation Commerce Communications Architecture Science REGISTER Aboriginal Music NATIONAL Agriculture Engineering Literature in his bridge yard on North Maple Street in Eaton during Political Religion/Phi County. This covered bridge is in need of recognition and

The rest of the file

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

SIGNIFICANCE Education members he was able to pre-fabricate much of his materials preservation as a unique example of the engineering heri- nation and seven of the eight still remaining are in Preble itarian Sculpture All the white pine for the framework and siding was pur- S. Sherman, who utilized the Childs-truss method of con- The Brubaker Covered Bridge was built in l887 by Evrett chased from Cobb & Mitchell of Cadillac, Michigan. Invention Landscape Sherman was a native of New Hampshire who lived in sawmills for the floors, hub rails, and roof shingle lath. A disastrous storm in l886 washed out a number of bridges Ohio has the only known covered bridges of this type in the tage of ohio and the nation. Eaton, Ohio, during the last decades of the l9th Century. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art struction developed and patented in 1846 by Horace Childs.
and started Sherman on a lo-year period in which he erected Other (Specify)O MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES The Author, Schlotterbeck, Seth, "Recollection of Bridge Building," (May 24, 1961). GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PKOPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF: LESS THAN JEN ACRES 16710 720 4391 7 60 FORM PREPARED BY / 11/15/74 Preble County Historical Society ! CITY OR TOWN: E039 F2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 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 Nationa 1 Register.
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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation NAME AND GP0 931-894 Eaton Degrees Seconds LONGITUDE DATE ORGANIZATION COUNTY Minutes Title STATE LATITUDE ATTEST: CORNER CODE REGISTER Degrees Minutes Seconds less than one NATIONAL David Simmons, Executive Director STREET AND NUMBER: level of significance of this nomination is: LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES JUN91975 Ohio UTMOK APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Allen, Richard S., Ketcham, Bryan E., JUN 9 Covered Bridges of the Middle West Covered Bridges on the Byways of Ohio. Court House Annex, Gettysburg Road NAME AND TITLE: Accept rud eight stil E.
Smith TO HAER Re-submit 5,19,75 OTHER KEEPER Entered Maps CONTROL TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Review Federal Register Entry HISTORIAN Photos National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Preble REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Cole BRANCH CHIEF 8-5-75 County." State &hio IN T:2106- 74 Inventory JUN 5-8-75 remuining are in Preble ON111975 Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COUNTY: O AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: July. 1974 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Preble County Historical Society Z1|19 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 039 IDENTIFICATION MAY21975 REGISTER DATE STATE Aukerman Creek Road Preble 135 PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER CODE FOR NPS USE ONLY photographer was facing in a southeast direction.
This shows the southern wall of the bridge from the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL STREET AND NUMBER: (7/72) Ohio PROPERTY OF THE RATIONAL REGISTER MAY 2 interior, illustrating the construction details. The David Simmons NAME Brubaker Covered Bridge Vicinity of Gratis (west of) Form No. 10-301a ENTRV HUMBER DATE OF PHOTO: July, 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 135 039 bridge. direction.
David Simmons DATE NAME REGISTER COUNTY Aukerman Creek Road Vicinity of Gratis COMMON: PHOTO REFERENCE CODE STATE Preble Preble County Historical Society The photographer was facing in a northeast PHOTO CREDIT: LOCATION Brubaker Covered Bridge IDENTIFICATION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries-attach toor enclose with photograph) Ohio UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CITY OR TOWN: STREET AND NUMBER: FOR NPS USE ONLY (west of) (7/72) MAY 2 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6 - 1 67 1975 This is the western entrance and southern facade of the Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3.
Latitude and longitude reference. INT: 155-72 1961 039 135 COUNTY NAME DATE REQUIREMENTS Preble STATE CODE COMMON: REGISTER MAY 1:24000 SCALE: Ohio Aukerman Creek Road MAP REFERENCE Brubaker Covered Bridge SOURCE: TRY NUMBER LOCATION PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) NATIONAL Vicinity of Gratis of) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIOPREBLE CO. WEST ALEXANDRIA QUADRANGLE WEST ALEXANDRIA, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) MAY 2 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 16 710 720 4391 760 39°39 STATE OF OHIO Pickaway County Lisbon vicinity Hon. John H. Glenn, JI. Hon. Robert Taft, Jz. Hon. Donald D. Clancy Hon.
Charles A, Mosher Regional Director, Midwest Region 6/13/75 Location STATE Medina Name MMott/row Gratis vicinity Tha Ohio Historical Society Director Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Sayler Park Also Notified Mt. Sterling vicinity Medina County Brubaker Covered Briage Story Mound Colunblana County Breble County Hanilton County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Tick Ridge Nound Distzict Coluabus, obio Hon. Thomas N. Kindness 43211 Hon.Wayne L. Hays Hedina Pubilc Square Historio District State Hiatorio Preservation Officar * NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 3 date of entry: 4 county code: INAME as it appears on federal register: 12 SOURCE of NOMINATION CJ YES. NAME -deteriorated Boriginal site Vfeatures: Oruins Dmoved OO NOT INTACT-O - Unknown -unexcavated - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
Dyesno 2I AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : @CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - LAW- 16 - RELIGION-22 LARCHEOLOGY -historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 C ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY - 13 C MUSIC- 19 C] SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 E-TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 architectural style(s): 1 interlor decorator: @artisan: 3NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE county CONDITION ASSOCIATION FEDERAL STATE ACREAGE ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: SETTLEMENT-29 CURRENTLY: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION EVENTS: PERSONAL: URBAN PLANNING-31 COMMERCE-6 historic events: first' ADMINISTRATOR: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 NOT APPLICABLE-9 RECREATION-28 major alterations: 135 ENGINEERING-11 Bexcellent SAVED?YES Dunexposed Daltered Bfunctions WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?
GNPS REGION: 2 OTHER NAMES: ©LOCATION street & number Oreconstructed -UNKNOWN-4 ) master builder: Gbuilder/contractor: city/town artist: engineer: CONGRESS.DISTRICT reviewers initials UNKNOWN-5 YES-Unrestricted landscape architect/ garden designer: vicinity of ART-5 if state who prepared form? Dgood Ofair