Nomination for Rock Mill Covered Bridge

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE APR 2 6 1976 (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT #10 Clarence E.

Miller (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC Site - Preservation work - Agricultural 4 Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Lancaster LOCATION 039 Court House Religious NAME ACCESSIBLE STATE OWNERSHIP Commercial NATIONAL Restricted REGISTER CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY Government Fairfield Educational STATUS Military Unoccupied Structure Federal Park Private Being Considered Building CODE Both Museum Public Industrial COMMON: Yes: Scientific DATA SHEET County road Public Acquisition: Private Residence Object NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Entertainment CITY OR TOWN: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER OF PROPERTY In Process Ohio PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) JUN 18 1976 > 045 Rock Mill Fairfield County Rock Mill Covered Bridge RECEIVED DATE DESCRIPTION * Good - Fair - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered % Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

below the top chord. The Rock Mill Bridge is a simple, two CONDITION Excellent Moved covered bridge spanning the deep gorge of the Hocking River post with the diagonals in compression and the vertical mem- The structure underconsideration is a one-span wooden truss tend from abutment to abutment. These abutments are cut stone that have been reinforced with concrete pillars at each side. consists of the.triangular form very similar to the basic King- bers in tension.However, in a Queenpost ttuss, instead of and the abutments are cut stone. both portals and siding. The overall width is l5'2" with an 11' vertical clearance. The Rock Mill Bridge is a trim little span, painted white on (Check One) panel Queenpost, 36'3" long overall with a 33' clear span.

The portals are projected, the roof is shingle Fair cent years and the bridge now rests on steel I-beams that ex- cal siding with roofed windows running the length of the bridge The overall appearance of Rock Mill Covered Bridge has changed The county has made renovations in re- on both sides. on county road 418 in Bloom Township section 25 at Rock Mill little over the years. tions through which the river has cut a gorge some 5o' deep. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! | 16th Century - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) - Theater - Transportation STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

Rock Mill Covered Bridge is the oldest and the shortest best-known and most often-photographed covered bridges. In Historical losophy Commerce Conservation Engineering Architecture Military Communications Industry Landscape Aboriginal Science Religion/Phi Education Invention SIGNIFICANCE Agriculture Political Music Literature River and is considered by many to be our most picturesque Urban Planning Rock Mill Covered Bridge spans the deep gorge of the Hocking Sculpture covered bridge! Social/Human- The present mill was built in l824 and ceased operations in that was put out by the U.s. Travel Agency. in Ohio, where once they were so numerous. The first mill was of Fairfield County's roofed spans.It is also one of Ohio's built here on the headwaters of the Hocking River in l799.

1965,it was featured on a poster promoting tourism in Ohio SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1849 Art itarian only two such mill and covered bridge combinations left here The Rock Mill Covered Bridge takes its name from the historic Greene Press, 1970, page 48 & 49. Garber, D. Wo, Waterwheels and Mil1stones, Ohio Historical Society, Printing Company, 1969, page 77. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

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

FORM PREPARED BY Apr11 14, 1975 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law National Registe 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 level of significance of this nomination is: APR 2 6 1976 Officer * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-I 039 Degrees Local DATE LONGITUDE CORNER LATITUDE COUNTY STATE Title N39 ATTEST: National Degrees Minutes Seconds ORGANIZATION Columbus CODE State Historic Preservation Miriam Wood MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Ohio Covered Bridge Committee Covered Bridges of the Middle West, Stephan NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 12.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES GEOGRAPHICAL DATA W82 STREET AND NUMBER: 3155 Whitehead Road Ketcham, Bryan E., NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: Greene Press, 1957, page 8 Ohio 1970, page 18. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Ohio, Oxford UTM. 17 353200 4401080 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Oct. 9, 1975 Seconds Name servation Minutes Covered Bridges of the Northeast, Stephan Allen, Richard S., less than l acre NPS Form 10-800- OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Rock Mill Covered Bridge, Rock Mill, Fairfield County, Ohio. Wood, Historian, Southern Ohio Covered Bridge Association, August 1986.

Page Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number National Park Service Information from research in county commissioners journal provided by Miriam National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Rock Mill Bridge built 1901 by Jacob R. Brandt for $575.Contract was signed do a few more repair jobs before his death in 1911. 1849.This was Brandt's last new" bridge in Fairfield County although he did NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior Rock Mill Covered Bridge - Fairfield County, OHIO Nomination/Type of Review ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Attest Keeper Date/Signature State date entered Page Inventory-Nomination Form received Continuation sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service (3-82) Item number For NPS use only Name DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 4463 IV SE R.20 W R. 19 W. 42/30" DEC 9 355 REGISTER RECEIVED UNITED STATES 351000m.E. 82°45 820 42'41" 4ITHOPOLIS 6.5 MI. 353200 4401080 Hocking 4.4 MI. TO OHIO 674 354 352 4399 Hunters 4401000m.N. ck Mill Covered Bridge (CARF Accept Eny Inventory BND23 APR 2 6 1976 Re-submit .

OTHER KEEPER Entered CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST HAER TECHNICAL Maps HISTORIAN Review Photos 1-20-76 Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up 12.15.75 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 BRANCH CHIEF Working Number /2. 9. 75, 2/2 / 4-22-76 1-26-76 6-1.76 INT:2106- 74 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Cole CONTROL REVIEW Send-back _ Re-submit _ Entered KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST National Register Write-up TECH REVIEW Federal Register entry MAPS WOPKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN HISTORIAN 76001424 Tairfield ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET 4 1986 Working No. _ Fed. Reg.

Date: 2/21 Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government Federal Agency: _ -appeal -sample -request Reviewer - _ see continuation sheet _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description -unaltered - original site -moved summary paragraph yes Condition excellent dates fair Accessible Category alterations/integrity resubmission completeness REJECT ruins Ownership Discipline Status Action: RETURN clarity unexposed deteriorated Recom./Criteria Substantive Review: 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Reviewer's comments: boundary selection Nomination returned for: owner objection Public Acquisition Fairfield County Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Present Use NR decision Rock Mill Covered Bridge Has this property been determined eligible? Check one new anfo. an dale t tuibler good ACCEPT 10-14 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below relating significance to the resource justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By _national _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature GPO 918-450 Builder/Architect Date completeness Signed Period state context title Photographs Maps UTM References relationship of integrity to significance 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Specific dates summary paragraph justification of areas checked Quadrangle name Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Acreage of nominated property The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Verbal boundary description and justification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to 10. Geographical Data applicable criteria Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) clarity Other _ Phone: - Roc & Mill Covered Bridge at Rock Mill FarrField County,Ohio SouthPortal, east side PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY APR 2 6, NAME AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: PHOTO CREDIT:Miriam Wood Columbus, Ohio 43204 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - I 039 045 COUNTY DATE IDENTIFICATION Fairfield STATE CODE REGISTER PHOTO REFERENCE Ohio Photograph # 1 JUN 18 1976 South portal, east side looking northwest NATIONAL County road 41 ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (7/72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) CITY OR TOWN: Rock Mill NEGATIVE FILED AT: 3155 Whitehead Road RECEIVED Showing detail of ueenpost Rock Mill Covered Bridge Looking northeast Form No. 10-301g UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE APp 9 6 1976 AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

Photograph # 2 DATE 039 STATE Fairfield RECEIVED NAME IDENTIFICATION CODE NATIONAL Interior view of easttruss, looking northeast PHOTO REFERENCE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: 3155 Whitehead Road County road FOR NPS USE ONLY JUN 1 8 1976 Columbus.Ohio43204 (7/72) Ohio OMMON: Rock MIII Covered Bridge PHOTO CREDIT: Miriam Wood U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6 - 1 67 County road 41 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COMMON: Rock M1l1 Covered Bridge STREET AND NUM BER: TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS JUN 1 8 1976 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICÉ :193-729-148/1441 3-1 045 1958 039 LOCATION NAME REGISTER COUNTY REQUIREMENTS DATE STATE CODE Fairfield ENTRY NUMBER County road 41 PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL MAP REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES RECEIVED CITY OR TOWN: SOURCE: AND/OR HISTORIC: U.S.G.S. Amanda Quadrangle (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Ohio SCALE: 1:24000 at Rock Mill UNITED STATES AMANDA QUADRANGLE AMANDA, OHIO N 3937.5W8237.5/7.5 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECEIVED Rock Mill Covered Bridge 1958 17 353200 4401080 DEC 9 .December 4, 1975 Dr. William Murtagh, Keeper Dear Dr. Murtagh: Dr. J.C. Winans House, Lake County; St. Luke's Episcopal Church, County and Colerain Works Archaeological District, Hamilton Thomas H.

Smith Sincerely, enclosures: County.The original niminations with photos and maps were INATIONAL RECEIVED National Park Service REGISTER nio Historic Preservation Office Director, Ohio Historical Society Mott requested these nominations be Xeroxed and forwarded to National Register of Historic Places Enclosed you will find Xerox copies of the National Register Licking County; Mary Worthington Macomb House, Ross County;Ox- ations.All of which have misplaced in your office.Marguerite State Historic Preservation Officer Department of the Interior ations are found or replaced with new originals. forwarded to Washington on October 9th with five other nomin- THS: jp 18th G C Streets, N.W. 1975 - Washington, D.C. your office for further processing until the misplaced nomin- 20240 ford Female Institute, Butler County; Jones-Cutler House, Pike STATE 0HIO BPR 2 61976 Winans, Dr. J.

C., House Dunlap Vicinity St. Luke'e Episcopal Church Macomb, Mary Worthington, House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Thomas N. Kindness Hon. Clarence E. Miller Hon. Donald D. Clancy Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. John M. Ashbrook Regional Director, Midwest Region CPR:MMott:cam:4/26/76 Location Jasper Name Madison Jones-Cutler House Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ross County State Historic Preservation Officer Colerain Works Archeological District Butler County INT:2950-75 Licking County Also Notified Falrfield County Lake County Oxford Director, The Ohio Historical Society Chillicothe Granville Rock Mill Covered Bridge Oxford Femele Lnatitute Interstare 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. J. William Stanton Hamilton County Rock Mill Vicinity Hon. William H. Harsha Dr. Thomas H. Smith June 10, 1976 Dr. William Murtagh, Keeper 18th & C Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Dr.

Murtagh: of these forms were thought to have been sent to your office on October 9th, 1975 for reasons unknown, sent them to our archives where they were dutifully Thomas H: Smith Director, Ohio Historical Society Colerain Works Archaeological District, Hamilton Co. Jones-Cutler House, Pike Co. Oxford Female Institute, Butler Co. Macomb, Mary Worthington, House, Ross Co. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Licking Co. Dr. J.C. Winan's House, Lake Co. Rock Mill Covered Bridge, Fairfield Co. Brunswick. Town Hall and School, Medina Co. nio Historical Center 1-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-8727 Sincerely, NATIONAL enclosures: RECEIVED hio Historic Preservation Office Xerox copies you presently have.

National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior State Historic Preservation Officer National Park Service along with a letter of transmittal and three emergency nominations.Your copies were subsequently mailed as temporary replacements and, at this date, Transmitted herewith are eight completed National Register forms.All all of the properties have been placed on the Register. REG'STER The nominations, it turns out, were never sent to your office. these original nominations, photographs, and maps as replacements for the cataloged.We regret the inconvenience this has caused you and have taken THS/g1k office received only the letter and the three emergency nominations.Xerox Our mailroom, 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 August 28, 1986 Carol Shul1 P.O. Box 37127 Dear Ms. Shull: W.

Ray Luce WRL/DAS :dwm 614/466-1500 SOCIETY Enclosures HISTORICAL Enclosed are updates on twelve covered bridges currently listed Sincer State Historic Preservation Officer recently conducted new research on these structures. National Register of Historic Places Ohio Historic Preservation Office Department of the Interior Please add these continuation sheets to the appropriate files SINCE 1885 the assistance of Miriam Wood, the original form preparer, who has Washington D.C.

20013-7127 on the National Register.The information has been provided with 6 LOCATION street & number Rock mill - FEDERAL - deteriorated UZ* SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT -3 QO NOT INTACT - O XXgood - Unknown Ounexcavated 2O NOT APPLICABLE-7 - No Access OAREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -ENGINEERING -11 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 C POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain 'first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 C LAW-16 C RELIGION - 22 - ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANMING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH -27 - MILITARY- 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 IX TRANSPORTATION -25 * functions major alterations : WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: BRIDGE *architectural style(s): )engineer: () interior decorator: @artisan: EVENTS : one of-OH's only two extant, once-common, mill and covered bridge combinations.

IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 1849 CONDITION ASSOCIATION unaltered PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ENTERTAINMENT-26 PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: ARCHITECTURE-4 SETTLEMENT-29 builder/contractor: COMMERCE-6 artist: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP vicinity of historic events: landscape architect/ garden designer: Dexcellent master builder: dates of initial construction: ADMINISTRATOR: Dunexposed State's xxoriginal site BRIDGE eaves; roofed windows along length of both sides, projecting portals, stone abutments; reinforced with steel I-beams SAVED?YES Oruins Tfeatures: Ofair 12SOURCE Of NOMINATION BNPS REGION: Omoved Midwest county cade 2 OTHER NAMES: Oeate of entry -reconstrueted IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?Oyes no - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 J OTHER (SPECIFY) @arohiteot: and concrete pillars.

One of county's oldest and shortest covered bridges; together with r nearby Rock Mill, forms SR 41 ETHNIC GROUP reviewers initials. NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Lcity/ town BACCESS COUNTY MULTIPLE FEDERAL(agency name)