Nomination for Harshman Covered Bridge

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10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES RECEIVED MAR 4 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEP 2 9 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBÈR -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT * VICINITY OF Eairhaven CATEGORY PRESENT USE &PUBLIC COMMERCIAL PARK WORK IN PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS- _YES: RESTRICTED -GOVERNMENT ZYES: UNRESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL #TRANSPORTATION -OTHER: OWNER OF PROPERTY VICINITY OF LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 Eaton COUNTY 135 DATE OBJECT BOTH LOCATION HISTORIC CODE ACCESSIBLE SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OWNERSHIP Preble STATE UNOCCUPIED NAME MILITARY _ENTERTAINMENT Ohio Ohio Historical Society Court House Preble County SURVEY RECORDS RELIGIOUS DATE ENTERED Survey of Historical Features of Southwestern Ohio October 1970 BUILDING(S) 2BEING CONSIDERED STATUS DATA SHEET MAR 21976 XSTRUCTURE 4 miles north of Fairhaven Walter E.

Powell FOR NPS USE ONLY - DISTRICT (Rev. 10-74) TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AGRICULTURE " _MUSEUM PRIVATE REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. Concord-Fairhaven Road Harshman Covered Bidge Columbus DESCRIPTION X ORIGINAL SITE MOVED DATE_ DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

by Horace Childs of Henniker, New Hampshire. Mr. Childs was a master carpenter measuring 7" x T". The bottom chords are 1-3 x 12 and 1-4 x 12 dowelled together. 3/4" or 1" and this proved to be inadequate in later jears, so the county replaced, of blue limestone laid in lime and sand mortar. In the 1950's and 60's, this CONDITION UNALTERED RUINS UNEXPOSED XEXCELLENT The outward appearance of the Harshman Covered Bridge is much the same as always CHECK ONE The structure under consideration is a one-span wooden truss covered bridge by using air-emplaced sand-cement.

The roof on the Harshman Bridge was originally Engineer.In 196l, this roof was replaced with an aluminum raised-seam roof World War ll according to Seth S.Schlotterbeck, former Preble County Maintenance beams.During World War ll, when truck traffic became heavier, the county doubled spanning Four Mile Creek on the Concord-Fairhaven Road four miles north of post trusses in that it uses the triangular form with the diagonals being in Mr. Sherman suspended his floor beams from the lower chords on irio stirrups either of red cedar, which was probably replaced with another of the same type before compression and the vertical truss pieces are the tension members.

However, the Ithas received.excellent maintenance as detailed above and is in excellent con- the number of these floor beams in each bridge, using some new oak beams and some of the Harshman Bridge was turned over when it became worn, and later on, rumways side of the bridge in the l96ois so that people would not knock off the siding specifications also called for this bridge to be painted with three coats of Fairhaven in Dixon Township section l6,Preble County, Ohio. This fine old and projected portalse span has vertical, high-boarded siding, a metal roof, cut-stone abutments _DETERIORATED braces, a new idea at that time.The Harshman Bridge is a 12 panel Childs truss, _FAIR WPA and again in 1960 by the county.

109' long overall with a clear span of 95'.The overall width is 18'1on with a -GOOD X ALTERED are of white pine, with the top chords measuring 8"x 8" and the truss membera for shelter panels at each portal of the bridge, but these were removed in the 1910, but it is not known if the Harshman was one of them. It is unlikely since white lead and linseed oil.Some Preble County covered bridges were painted in important feature of the Childs truss are the iron rods which act as counter- that had been salvaged from bridges that had been replaced.The original oak floor in order to look out of the bridge.The original bridge specifications called County, Ohio. The Childs truss is much like the basic multiple king- and queen- and with his brothers he built many Long truss covered bridges for Col. Stephan know why Mr.

Childs never built a covered bridge on his own truss patent, but it was not until 187l that Mr. Sherman built the first of this type in Delaware 15' roadway.The bridge has a vertical clearance of 12i3#. The truss timbers this was a fairly new bridge at that time.It was painted in the l930is by the AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Ohio after the Civil War. Like Horace Childs who patented the Childs truss, Mr. 1ooped around the creek to the-west to avoid stream crossings. Mr. Harshman re- the firm of Cobb and Mitchell, Cadillac, Michigan. 1600-1699 Historical EDUCATION CONSERVATION THEATER ECONOMICS ARCHITECTURE PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT 1700-1799 SCIENCE INDUSTRY LAW MILITARY bridge. SCULPTURE AGRICULTURE PREHISTORIC INVENTION _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _COMMUNICATIONS _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT 1900- pressed that they awarded him several contracts immediately to rebuild the storm- LITERATURE Evrett S. Sherman _PHILOSOPHY Register of Historic Places.

Mr.Sherman is said to have taken a model of the Childs crush and grind their grain.This boulder is located not far south of the covered The Harshman Covered Bridge was built in 189l by Evrett S.Sherman who came to Preble The Indians called this creek Tallewanda and it was at this point in the creek quested that the county reroute the road and build it on the half-section line standing example of the bridge-building skills of E.S. Sherman and the maintenance highly the county officials thought of Mr.Sherman and his work wrecked bridges.That he was still building covered wooden bridges into the l890's little-known truss type.Mr.Sherman first built a Childs truss b ridge in Delaware the bridge in 1895.The pine lumber used in the trusses of the bridge came from skills of the Preble County Engineer's Department.

_SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN truss bridge with him to meet with the Preble County officials and they were so im _COMMERCE the blue limestone for the bridge abutments.

It was also the source of the stone - RELIGION - 1400-1499 -MUSIC 189h -COMMUNITY PLANNING when the popularity of such bridges was definitely on the wane, is testimony to how The Harshman Bridge is named for John Harshman who owned the farm adjoining the ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC Sherman was a native of New Hampshire, which may account for his use of this hitherto trading center.A sawmill was located along the creek immediately above the bridge traveled by people coming north from Fairhaven.Fairhaven was formerly an important used by Christian Wair in building the retaining wall at the northeast corner of The Harshman Covered Bridge is the longest such span in Preble County and is very valley that the last Indians made camp in Preble County.The Delawares camped here and l miles south of the bridge was the large Stony Point Stone Quarry, source of County, Ohio, which is still standing today and which is now listed on the National and build a bridge over the creek, thus eliminating the division of his farm by County, Ohio in the wake of the great storm of 1886.Mr.Sherman came here from Dela- 9

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1969, page 129 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE September 18, 1975 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY. WITHIN THE STATE IS NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).1 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CODE ORGANIZATION DATE NORTHING TELEPHONE COUNTY STATE ATTEST 614-279-9576 Columbus and county historian. Ohio Covered Bridge Committee ZONE EASTING 3155 Whitehead Road Correspondance with Seth S.

Schlotterbeck, former Preble County Maintenance Engineer Ohio hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the GPO 892.453 Page 26. Ketcham, Bryan Eo, Covered Bridges on the Byways of Ohio, Oxford Printing Company, LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Miriam F.

Wood I HEREBY CERTIFY INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE LOCAL Allen, Richard So, Covered Bridges of the Middle West, Stephan Greene Press, 1970, 43.96 22476 Working Number 3, 2.76, 2649 OK 3.22.76 REVIEW UNIT BRANCH CHIEF SEP 2 9 1976 OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Send-back HAER Re-submit Maps CONTROL TECHNICAL HISTORIAN Preble National Register Write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Photo 11-2-26 Inventory Property REVIEWUNIT CHIEF State 9.29.76 Title: NPS Number Jouth Portal, eastsido, kooking northwest PROPERTY OF THE NATORAL REGISTER Loc. Form No. 10-301a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEP 2 9 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN X VICINITY OF July 26, 1975 Columbus, Ohio 43204 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Fairhaven COUNTY Preble IDENTIFICATION Concord-Fairhaven Road HISTORIC STATE LOCATION RECIEVED NAME Ohio Harshman Covered Bridge PHOTO REFERENCE South portal, east side,looking northwest DATE ENTERED PHOTO NO. DATE OF PHOTO MAR 2 GPO 892-454 9.29 76 Title: NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER East side, north portal, Looking southwest Form No. 10-301a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEP 2 9 1976 DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Seth S. Schlotterbeck DATE OF PHOTO July 26, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT 3155 Whitehead Road DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 Fairhaven IDENTIFICATION Concord-Fairhaven Road COUNTY Preble HISTORIC RECIEVED STATE LOCATION NAME Ohio East side, north portal, looking southwest SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS PHOTO NO. Columbus. Ohio 4320l MAR 2 1976 Harshman Covered Bridge Form No. 10-301 (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN X VICINITY OF SOURCE U.S.G.S. Fairhaven Quadrangle SCALE 1:24000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES LOCATION Fairhaven COUNTY Preble HISTORIC STATE RECEIVED REQUIREMENTS INT:2427-74 Concord-Fairhaven Road Harshman Covered Bridge Ohio MAP REFERENCE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME PROPERTY MAP FORM DATE 1960 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS FOR NPS USE ONLY GPO 892-452 OHIO - INDIANA FAIRHAVEN QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO STATE OF INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Harshman Bridge FAIRHAVEN, OHIO-IND.J SEP 2 9 1976 Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Charles W.

Whalen, Jr. Hon. Thomas N. Kindness Location 9/30/76 STATE Name MMott/row Dayton Director Date Entered Harshman Covered Bridge Preble County Fairhaven vicinity Montgomery County INT:2950-75 Rubicon Farm Regional Director, Midwest Region ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Also Notified The Ohio Hiatorical Society Interstate 7l at i7th Avenue OHIO Hon. John i. Glenn, Jr. Columbus, Ohio 43211 INITIALS: Nett SEP 2 9 1976 OTHER NANES: CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT f th VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - unknown - 4 -unknown.-5 - not applicable - 7 - Interior, exterior, environs not intact-0 CONDITION - LORIGINAL SITE - Reconstructed YES, NAME: FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MUSIC - urban & commun POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "oldest YES SOUTHEAST Yes-unrestricted EDUCATION Saved?

EXTERIOR DOE INTERIOR INVENTION Claims ENVIRONS MOVED ECONOMICS FEATURES: Reviewer ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION ART TRANSPORTATION COUNTY MIDWEST EXPLORATION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE planning LOCATION: SIGNIFICANCE: -recreation No access ENGINEERING -settlement DATE: PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? _UNEXPOSED INDUSTRY historic district? FAIR _COMMUNICATIONS .COMMERCE -socio/cultural ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC _DETERIORATED _PHILOSOPHY WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

MID ATLANTIC XEXCELLENT Substantially intact-3 -entertainment 135 ADMINISTRATOR(underline) ADAPTIVE USE: _RELIGION _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN LITERATURE _UNALTERED ~Unexcavated -health 039 IF YES, NAME: RUINS _GOOD MILITARY Preble now- code OTHER STATE (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) builder/contractor: architect/m.builder: OTHER events artist/artisan: STATE NAMES: institutional PRIVATE interior decorator: ETHNIC GROUP: appropriate date) landscape/garden designer: SIGNIFICANCE:(maximum two sentences) DATES: ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: LOCAL GOV"T COUNTY MUNICIPAL less than1.

0 with ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS : HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : FEDERAL AGENCY: SIGNIFICANEE (maximum two sentences) COUNTY builder/contractor: STATE events architect/m.builder: MUNICIPAL NAMES: artist/artisan: interior decorator: institutional DATES: landscape/garden designer: appropriate date) ETHNIC GROUP: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) LOCAL GOV"T OTHER (label role (OF NOMINATION) SOURCE: PRIVATE