Nomination for Reed Covered Bridge

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: Clarence J.

Brown - In Process - Being Considered - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Agricultural - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATIONIN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 159 039 LOCATION 1975 Marysville Court House MAR Union Union County Religious ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP Yes: Site CATEGORY Transportation Government CLASSIFICATION District Commercial Educational Both Entertainment Private Restricted Historic Site Unoccupied Museum CODE Building STATUS Private Residence Industrial Park Structure DATA SHEET COMMON: Scientific OWNER OF PROPERTY Military Reed Covered Bridge COUNTY: Public Object Public Acquisition: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES TO THE PUBLIC STREET AND NUMBER: DATE Ohio 3 miles south of Marysville CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: ENTRY NUMBER TEBH2 ATAO DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed L] Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

boarded, with roofed windows running the length of the span on both truss plan patented in 1872 by Reuban Partridge of Marysville, Ohio. posts, the chords in 2 sections and the bifurcated iron footpieces. covered bridges, 1" steel rods have been added from upper to lower of the bridge, but were undoubtedly cut out later to improve vision with DEC31 1974 CONDITION NATIONAL Excellent abutments are stone. Moved Good Ruins RECEIVED Fair Original Site sprung together andbolted so their ends rest against the posts and white paint on the portals.

The structure under consideration is a one-span wooden truss covered the advent of the automobile.The Reed Bridge is unpainted except for (Check One) chords.Mr.Partridge claimed as new his angling df the braces and The 2 braces of each end are parallel with each other and pass upon bridge spanning Big Darby Creek 3z miles south of Marysville in Darby In all the Partridge trusses standing today, the braces are double and and lower chords and all truss diagonals are pine, while the end posts span of 150'. The overall width is 20'3" with a roadway width of 16'2".

REGISTER the counterbraces are triple.In the 5 Union County Partridge truss and the one vertical in the center of the bridge are oak.The floor and 2 sections, the ties or posts are securely bolted to the chords and are interposed between the ends of the braces and the posts and the chord between each truss panel.The trusses of the Reed Bridge are 15 chords.These footpieces may be omitted and the ends of the braces arranged in pairs and stand at an angle of 45with the horizontal plane. Patent June 1l,1872 is briefly as follows:upper and lower chords in opposite sides of the posts and are bolted in the middle to the middle floor beams are oak.The bridge is154'in length overall with a clear high and there are 14 panels at 10'1o and 2 panels at 1'2".The upper PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian!

- 15th Century - Urban Planning - - - Prehistoric Other (Specify) * losophy - Science Delaware, Franklin and Union Counties and at one time was an officer once lived in that neighborhood. About 1931, the State Highway Depart- Conservation Engineering Commerce Communications Military Architecture Aboriginal Transportation

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SIGNIFICANCE Literature Religion/Phi NATIONAL RECEIVED Invention Partridge himself. Landscape Industry Agriculture itarian Music Education Reuban Partridge made his home in Marysville, the county seat of Union Sculpture maintain the old bridge which is closed to traffic, but open to all who truss bridges are left,5 here in Union County and one in Franklin want to come and enjoy this reminder of by-gone days.This sturdy old ment took over this road and assumed control of the covered bridge.In years old at the time and still active as a builder.Only 6 Partridge give his life to his profession.He fell through the timbers of a Social/Human- tion of being the only Ohio covered bridge builder that we know of to bridge under construction in l9oo and was fatally injured.He was 77 so many covered bridges in central Ohio.

1870's SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) County, Ohio. The 5 in Union County were undoubtedly built by Reuban DEC3I 1974 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Art Theater in the Columbus Bridge Company.Mr.Partridge has the unhappy distinc- landmark is a fitting monument to kindly old Reuban Partridge who built County and was quite well-known there.He built covered bridges in 1963,the State rerouted SR 38,by-passing the Reed Bridge which reverted 9.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Field Sheet of the Ohio Highway Department, Bureau of Bridges. Volume 32, #2, p. 3 and 4º Record Books of the Southern Ohio Covered Bridge Association, Volume 8, LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N40 ° APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: FORMPREPARED BY Miriam F. Wood July 25, 1974 CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 level of significance of this nomination is: * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 Degrees LONGITUDE LATITUDE Seconds Minutes DATE Columbus Name National CODE CORNER STATE COUNTY ATTEST: ORGANIZATION Ohio Ohio Covered Bridge Committee Degrees Minutes Seconds Union County. NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION GEOGRAPHICAL DATA 3155 Whitehead Road STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: W 83° Company, 1969, p. 173. ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES forth by the Nationa1 Park Service.

The recommended eeper of The National Regist Loca Title one ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN KEEPER MAR 4 OTHER CONTROL TECHNICAL Entered HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Re-submit Maps Review BRANCH CHIEF Photos 3 National Register Write-up Working Number Federal Register Entry Cole REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 1.8.75 I Have Seen. 12.31.74.2263 To HAER 1-10-75 State Ghio United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 INT:2106-74 75601547 LEBOVICH Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION April 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: 3155 Whitehead Road Columbus, Ohio 43204 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 159 NAME DATE COUNTY 039 IDENTIFICATION MAR41975 Union STATE PHOTO REFERENCE CODE Reed Covered Bridge COMMON: Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (7/72) ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 3 miles south of Marysville Just east of SR 38 DATE OF PHOTO: CITY OR TOWN: STREET AND NUMBER: North portal, east side, looking southwest REGISTER RECEIVED Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: Miriam F. Wood DATE OF PHOTO: April 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: 3155 Whitehead Road Columbus, Ohio 43204 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. West trusses of bridge, looking toward north portal * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 039 IDENTIFICATION Union DATE STATE NAME COUNTY CODE PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: Reed Covered Bridge ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: 3 miles south of Marysville PHOTO CREDIT: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Ohio (7/72) Just east of SR 38 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATION 1975 #203 REED BRIDGE BUILT Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: PHOTO CREDIT: Miriam F. Wood DATE OF PHOTO: April 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: 3155 Whitehead Road DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. North portal of bridge, looking south.

* US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1973-729-152/1446 II - 1 159 039 DATE Union COUNTY NAME STATE CODE LOCATION COMMON: (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) Ohio IDENTIFICATION Reed Covered Bridge PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 3 miles south of Marysville Just east of SR 38 FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (7/72) PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Columbus.Ohio43204 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY MAR 4 AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: SCALE: 1:24000 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 3-1 159 039 Union DATE COUNTY STATE REQUIREMENTS NAME REGISTER CODE NATIONAL LOCATION Ohio MAP REFERENCE ENTRY NUMBER U.S.G.S. Milford Center Quadrangle PROPERTY MAP FORM SOURCE: (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) Just east off State Route 38 Rev. 7-72 1975 3 south of Marysville 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MILFORD CENTER QUADRANGLE MILFORD CENTER, OHIO RECEIVED DEC311974 D ROAD CLASSIFICATION DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO 40°08'59N 83- 22'52°W Hon. John H. Glenn, Jx. Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Mx. Charles C. Pratt, Acting Director Hon. Clarence E. Miller Hon. Charles E. Mosher Regional Director, Midwest Region Hon. Donald D.

Clancy Huron Location STATE Date Entered Christ Episcopal Church Marysville vicinity 3-6-75 Name The Ohio Historical Society Huffman Covered Bridge MMott/cha Hamilton County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER South Salem Covered Bridge State Historic Preservation Officer Rennert Mound Archaeological District Reed Covered Bridge South Salem vicinity Union County Erie County Also Notified Noble County Elizabethtowm vicinity Midaleburg vicinity Hon. William H.

Harsha Ross County Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue HAR 4 12 SOURCE Of NOMINATION D deteriorated 17) features: 9D NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown Ounexeavated ZC NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain - AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : XENGINEERING -11 "first'O C LAW -16 - RELIGION - 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 C ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANMING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH - 27 - MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION - 25 @funetions CURRENTLY SOme @ architectural style(s) Smaster builder: landscape architect / garden designer: " interior decorator: 1 artist: Sartisan: EVENTS : IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE CONDITION ASSOCIATION ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: STATE PERSONAL: FEDERAL WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: LOCAL historic events: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 XPRIVATE ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATOR: Xoriginal site major alterations: Dexcellent Xgood SAVED?YES Partridge Reuban (11) CONGRESS.

DISTRICT Oreconstructed 5O UNKNOWN-6 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dye: CARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric -2 'only' D 2engineer: Frame, vertical siding; 8 ACREAGE Omoved - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT." 21 (edates of initial construction ETHNIC portals GROUP COMMERCE-6 builder/contractor: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 if state who prepared form? Xaltered Oruins Ofair