Nomination for Warnke Covered Bridge

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE APR 2 31976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION - CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT L VICINITY OF - CATEGORY PRESENT USE. WORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE -ENTERTAINMENT IN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED X YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 135 Eaton BOTH Lewisburg UNOCCUPIED TITLE COUNTY LOCATION OBJECT CODE CLASSIFICATION Columbus STATE SITE MILITARY SCIENTIFIC RELIGIOUS Preble HISTORIC ACCESSIBLE PARK Preble County GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE RECEIVED STATUS XTRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AGRICULTURE OWNERSHIP Survey of Historical Features of Southwestern Ohio MUSEUM October 1970 NAME BEING CONSIDERED Ohio The Ohio Historical Society DATE ENTERED Court House COMMERCIAL PUBLIC ACQUISITION Warnke Covered Bridge - EDUCATIONAL Swamp Creek Road OTHER: BUILDING(S) 039 FOR NPS USE ONLY DATA SHEET XSTRUCTURE Form No.10-300 (Rev.10-74)PHO36932Z Walter Ee Powel1 XPUBLIC DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED X ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE- DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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The structure under consideration is a one-span wooden truss covered bridge sparing own truss plan and it was not until 1874 that such a bridge was built here in Ohio of his bridges from the lower chords on iron stirrups that measured either 3/4" or bridges, using some new beams and some salvaged from bridges that had been removed. Preble County maintenance engineer, Seth S, Schlotterbeck, was almost surely re- UNEXPOSED CONDITION UNALTERED XEXCELLENT made.Preble County takes excellent care of this bridge which is quite evident CHECK ONE truss is the iron rods which are used as counterbraces.The Warnke Bridge isa 6 1".

These later proved to be inadequate when heavier threshing rigs began to use The outward appearance of the Warnke Bridge is mgch the same today as when it was finished in 1895.An arson attempt was made in January 1972 that damaged stone was used and concrete wingwalls were added on each the three coats of white lead and linseed oil specified for all the other Sherman- and trash.The original roof was of red cedar shingles and according to former Childs of Henniker, New Hampshire. Mr. Childs was a master carpenter who built traffic,the county doubled the number of these oak floor beams in all the covered suffer severe damage in the l9l3 flood and had to be rebuilt.The original cut- in its appearance. replaced them with white in 196l.Stone for the abutments of the bridge came from a quarry near by E.S.

Sherman.The Childs truss is very like the basic multiple king-and queen Long truss in l830.For some reason, Mr. Childs never built a bridge using his The WPA painted this bridge in the l930is and the county painted it a gleaming job as the others, though, after its vertical siding of 8t white pine was put placed with another shingle roof before 194o. The county put a new aluminum these stirrups with 2" stock in the 1920's and also replaced most of the pine floor -GOOD panel Childs truss, 51'6# long overall with a clear span of 46'3n.The overall The top chords are 8"x 8#and the truss members are 7x 7#and the lower chords. -RUINS -FAIR This bridge 1s known as the Warnke Bridge and was built in 1895 on the rare Childs Errata: The original stone abutments are still in place.

The west abutment did DATE The flooring of the Warnke Bridge is laid crosswise and raised oak plank runways The important feature of the Childs compression and the verticals are in tension.T Long truss covered bridges for his relative, Col.Stephan Long who patented the bridge was built it was classified as a repair job for some unknown reason, as post truss plans in that it employs the triangular form where the diagonals are in Swamp Creek on Swamp Creek Road in Harrison Township sections ll/23, two miles north- raised-seam roof on the bridge right over the old shingles in 196l. When this were added later as protection for the floor. Lewisburg.These abutments were badly damaged in the 1913 flood and the county truss plan by Evrett S. Sherman. The Childs truss was patentad in 18l6 by Horace are 1-3x 12 and 1-4x 12 dowelled together.Mr.Sherman suspended the floor beams AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIPY BELOW LLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT ZOTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES The Warnke Bridge was his last covered bridge. He finished it shortly Historical 1600-1699 1700-1799 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC CONSERVATION PERIOD ECONOMICS MILITARY ART PREHISTORIC PHILOSOPHY ARCHITECTURE LAW INVENTION EDUCATION THEATER SCIENCE INDUSTRY SCULPTURE SIGNIFICANCE XTRANSPORTATION LITERATURE MUSIC X1800-1899 1500-1599 and contracts are on record XENGINEERING POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _COMMUNICATIONS a secret, but when the young girl was released a year later, she was able to take came to Preble County, Ohio in 1886 in the wake of the great storm that had de- after finishing the Christman Bridge northwest of Baton over Seven Mile STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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stroyed so many of the county's b ridges.Mr.Sherman came here from.Delaware The.bridge takes its name from John Warnke who owned the land on the north side of -COMMERCE truss bridge that was washed out in a flood. As explained in section 7o, the AGRICULTURER -_1400-1499 -1900- _COMMUNITY PLANNING County, Ohio, where he had lived and worked since coming to Ohio after the Civil county referred to this as a "repair" job, and therefore, no formal specifications bridge built by master bridge-builder Evrett S. Sherman. 1895 RELIGION is the shortest covered span in the county and was built to replace an iron, pony County Commissioners and they were so impressed that he was awarded several con- bridge and the Warnkes and subsequent owners maintained a park and picnic area Mr.

Sherman lost a bid to build another covered bridge in 1896 and moved to her family to the Salt Lick.Her family then proceeded to sell their owm land and War.Mr.Sherman brought a model of his Childs truss bridge to show the Preble SCARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1969, page 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE ( 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE September 19, 1975 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS NATIONAL - hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE DATE 4/19/76 FOR NPS USE ONLY ROLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ATTEST KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 ORGANIZATION NORTHING DATE CODE ZONE COUNTY EASTING LOCAL and county historian. Columbus 674-279-9576 Allen, Richard S., Covered Bridges of the Middle West, Stephan Greene Press, 1970, UTM REFERENCES 3155 Whitehead Road Page 26. S.H.P.O.

As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I Aoting LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY I HEREBY CERTIFY Ketcham, Bryan E, Covered Bridges on the Byways of Ohio, Oxford Printing Company, 441.61500 Photos - Accept Inventory S.3 OCT 8 Property OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Maps Re-submit HAER CONTROL Entered Send-back TECHNICAL HISTORIAN National Register Write-up Preble Ohio State ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT Warnke Covered Bridge BRANCH CHIEF 7.76 Federal Register Entry B Grosvend REVIEW UNIT CHIEE Working Number 4.23.76.3219 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 12-2-26 South side, west portal, hooking northeast. Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 2 3 1976 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON VICINITY OF CITY. TOWN PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO July 26, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Columbus, Ohio 43204 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO. #1 South side, west portal, looking northeast. LOCATION Lewisburg HISTORIC COUNTY RECEIVED STATE NAME Ohio Warnke Covered Bridge 3155 Whitehead Road Swamp Creek Road IDENTIFICATION 0CT81976 PHOTo CREDIT Seth S. Schlotterbeck Preble Nº14 Warnke HHDG APR 2 3 1976 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 2 3 1976 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON A VICINITY OF CITY. TOWN PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Seth S. Schlotterbeck NEGATIVE FILED AT Columbus, Ohio 43204 PHOTO NO.#2 0/ 2 East portal, south side, looking west-northwest. Lewisburg Preble HISTORIC LOCATION COUNTY IDENTIFICATION STATE RECEIVED NAME Warnke Covered Bridge Ohio 3155 Whitehead Road 0CT81976 FOR NPS USE ONLY July 26, 1975 DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Swamp Creek Road Form No.

10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON SOURCE U.S.G.S. Iewisburg Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 RECEIVED Lewisburg COUNTY Warnke Covered Bridge LOCATION Preble STATE HISTORIC Swamp Creek Road REQUIREMENTS Ohio CITY.TOWN NAME MAP REFERENCE XVICINITY OF FOR NPS USE ONLY APR 2 3 1376 OCT 8 DATE ENTERED DATE 1961 LEWISBURG, OHIO Warnke Bridge UNITED STATE QUADRANGLE OHIO - PREBLE CU 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) "% STATE OF OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 16 712/s0 4416/500 OCT 8 - Loucka Covered Bridge Lewisburg vicinity Renner, George J., Jr., House Mahoning County Hon. Clarence E. Miller Hon. Charles J.

Carney Regional Director, Midwest Region Mot/row 880 Location 10/15/76 Name STATE Director Washington County Dart vicinity Date Entered Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER The Ohio Historical Society Fairfield County Canal Winchester vicinity Youngstown Preble County State Historic Preservation Officer Warnke Covered Bridge Geauga County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon.John H. Glenn,Jr. Hune Covered Bridge White, Walter C., Estate Hon. Thonas N. Kindness Dr. Thonas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Mayfield Heights vicinity Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. INITIALS: SO STREET & NUMBER CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : _Substant:ally intact-2 _ not applicable - 7 -Interioi, exterior, cnvirons not intact-0 LORIGINAL SITE "only" YES Saved ?

FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) ARCHEULUGY-PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE - RELIGION _LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN MUSIC _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "oldest YES N0 1976 INVENTION code "first" COUNTY EXTERIOR then- INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION FEATURES: EXPLORATION ECONOMICS Claims OTHER EDUCATION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT planning MIDWEST DATE: No access SIGNIFICANCE: UNEXPOSED AGRICULTURE UNALTERED Yes-unrestricted ARCHITECTURE -entertainment -socio/cultural DETERIORATED historic district? ART PACIFIC NORTHWEST -recreation WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? _Reconstructed WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT?

-settlement -health ADMINISTRATOR(underline) ENVIRONS _Unexcavated STATE LITERATURE ADAPTIVE USE: -CONSERVATION - ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INDUSTRY 6/3/76 _COMMERCE IF YES, NAME: _Unkncwn Cnknown -MOVED OCT 8 PRIVATE STATE LOCAL GOV"T MUNICIPAL REGION: (CIRCLE) CONDITION - "only' YES Nº 135 PHILOSOPHY DOE EXCELLENT MILITARY Reviewer Unknown (label role DATE (S). OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: FEDERAL AGENCY: builder/contractor: personal COUNTY artist/artisan: MUNICIPAL engineer: architect/m.builder: institutional STATE OTHER interior decorator: events NAMES: ETHNIC GROUP: landscape/garden designer: DATES: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) PRIVATE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: LOCAL GOV"T appropriate date) SIGNIFICANCE(maximum two sentences)