Nomination for Geeting Covered Bridge

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

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County.- NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AUG 1 9 1975 AND/ OR HISTORIC: Eighth - Thomas Kindness (Check One) - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) X Transportation - Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: Preble County, c/o County Commissioners LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: JUN 2 0 1975 DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 Eaton 135 LOCATION Religious CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE Government Columbus CATEGORY Entertainment Educational Both STATUS Structure NAME District Unoccupied OWNERSHIP Park REGISTER Military Private Being Considered Preble Museum Site CODE Yes: Agricultural COMMON: Restricted Ohio Historical Society Price Road Public Private Residence Scientific Industrial CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Public Acquisition: Object Corner of Barron and Main Preble County Court House OWNER OF PROPERTY REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Ohio TO THE PUBLIC Ohio Covered Bridges, John Diehl STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE Building Geeting Covered Bridge ENTRY NUMBER Preble County Court House, corner of Barron and Main Vicinity of Lewisburg (west of) X Excellent - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site CONDITION Moved Ruins gonal counterbraces in its multiple kingpost construction.

cement-sand stucco by a compressed air technique. Fair The Preble County Highway Department has added an oak peak of both gables has a rectangular finial and pendant runway over the original beech floor beams and cut a small known Childs truss bridges which utilized iron bars as dia- The Geeting Covered Bridge is an example of the little window in the center of each sidewall as a vandalism dis- roadway is l5 feet wide and has an overhead clearance of It is a single span bridge set on cut limestone abutments (Check One) and features a low pitched gabled roof with shingles.The with crossbar.Its loo feet length is sided with vertical boards and has a7 feet overhang at each end.The level 13 feet.

Good DESCRIPTION PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian | [ 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Political Historic = - Religion/Phi- Other (Specify) - Science - Sculpture - Social/Human- - Theater - Music X Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Eaton, Ohio, during the last decades of the 19th Century. sawmills for the floors, hub rails, and roof shingle lath. 1894 Engineering Military Commerce Conservation Communications Architecture SIGNIFICANCE losophy Landscape Aboriginal Literature Education itarian Urban Planning Preble County. Agriculture This covered bridge is in need of recognition and preservation as a unique example of the engineering heri- the nation and seven of the eight still remaining are in in his bridge yard on North Maple Street in Eaton during A disastrous storm in 1886 washed out a number of bridges chased from Cobb & Mitchell of Cadillac, Michigan. Sherman was a native of New Hampshire who lived in and started Sherman on a lo-year period in which he erected struction developed and patented in 1846 by Horace Childs.

Invention members he was able to pre-fabricate much of his materials tage of Ohio and the Nation. Industry S.Sherman, who utilized the Childs-truss method of con- Ohio has the only known covered bridges of this type in The Geeting Covered Bridge was built in l894 by Evrett

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Schlotterbeck, Seth, "Recollection of-Bridge Building," The Register-Herald (Eaton, O.), Vol. 141 no. 21, LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES : UTM 16 705 590 4412 960 STREET AND NUMBER: , 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 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: Date June 12, 1975 GPO 931-894 039 Local Eaton LATITUDE ORGANIZATION COUNTY LONGITUDE Degrees Seconds ATTEST: NATIONAL DATE CORNER REGISTER STATE CODE Minutes 11/8/74 Degrees Minutes Seconds Court House Annex, Gettysburg Road NAME AND TITLE: Title State Historic Preservation Officer STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION less than one National Register. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY FORM PREPARED BY CITY OR TOWN: Ohio GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Brattleboro, Ketcnam, Bryan E., The Author, 1969.

APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES David Simmons, Executive Director Preble County Historical Society Covered Bridges on the Byways of Ohio Sece-ds Photos AUG 1 8 1975 Send-back - OTHER KEEPER HAER CONTROL Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit TECHNICAL BRANCH CHIEF 15001528 HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT National Register Write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry 6.25.15 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 ACCEPT Preble 8.13.5 IN T : 2106 -74 EnteredAVG 1 9 1975 State REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Çeeting STOP UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUG 1.9 1975 NAME AND/OR HISTORIC: JUN 2 0 1975 July, 1974 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

039 135 DATE NATIONAL COUNTY Preble STATE The photographer was facing in a northeast direction. COMMON: Preble County Historical Society David Simmons Price Road PHOTO REFERENCE CODE This is the southern wall and entrance of the bridge. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) Ohio ENTRY NUMBER STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY PHOTO CREDIT: IDENTIFICATION (7/72) PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CITY OR TOWN: LOCATION Geeting Covered Bridge Vicinity of Lewisburg (west of) Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY AUG 1 9 1975 STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: Lewisburg Quadranglep 7.5 minute series JUN 2 0 1975 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

INT: 155-72 1961 039 COUNTY NAME NATIONAL DATE 1:24000 REQUIREMENTS REGISTER Preble CODE STATE COMMON: Price Road MAP REFERENCE SCALE: SOURCE: Geeting Covered Bridge PROPERTY MAP FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: ENTRY NUMBER Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) LOCATION 135. United States Dept. of the Interior, Vicinity of Lewisburg (west DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LEWISBURG QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONR UNITED STATES LEWISBURG, OHIO STATE OF OHIO Hon, Thomas N. Kindness Coltbus, ohio 43211 INT: 2950-75 Location 8/20/75 STATE Name Also Notified Geeting Covered Bridge Regional Director, Midwest Region MMott:cm ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Preble County The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Interstate 7l at i7th Avenue AUG 1 9 1975 Date Entered Director Lewisburg vicinity Dr.Thomas H.

Smith ONAME as it appeeps on federal register 4 county code: 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated Xaltered 17) features: Oruins 90 NOT INTACT-O Dgood Dreconstrueted Dunknown - Unknown -unexcavated 2% NOT APPLICABLE-7 JO NOT APPLICABLE -8 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? DyesKino @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain 'first'O -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE-6 - LAW-16 - SETTLEMENT-29 C ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE - 23 'oldest' O -AGRICULTURE-3 . - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY-20 1 TRANSPORTATION - 25 de dates of initial construction: CURRENTLY: DITTO * arohitectural style(s): EVRETT S.

SHERMan 3 interior decorator: @artisan: F ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 135 ETHNIC ASSOCIATION functions GROUP ENGINEERING-11 STATE INSTITUTIONAL: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ENTERTAINMENT-26 EVENTS: builder/contractor: artist: major alterations: historic events: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 landscape architect/garden designer: ADMINISTRATOR: Xexcellent LOCAL NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET master builder: Xoriginal site if state who prepared form? URBAN PLANWING-31 BACCESS vicinity of Dunexposed city/ town PREBLE GNPS REGION: Dmoved SAVED? YES LEWISBURG MIDWEST 8.19.75 3 date of entry: 6 LOCATION street & number CONGRESS. DISTRICT 8 TH YES -Unrestricted - RELIGION-22 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 @arohiteet: CONDITION WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: 2OTHER NAMES: YES.NAME 894