Nomination for Shinn Covered Bridge

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Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 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 #TU Clarence E. Miller PRESENT USE X PUBLIC X STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION LIN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED X YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY - VICINITY OF LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Washington DATE COUNTY CODE HISTORIC Marietta EDUCATIONAL GOVERNMENT LOCATION UNOCCUPIED TITLE ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP STATE MUSEUM CATEGORY NAME CLASSIFICATION SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE MILITARY XTRANSPORTATION PARK Shinn Covered Bridge _INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE 167 Washington County ENTERTAINMENT STATUS (Rev. 10-74) DATA SHEET DATE ENTERED Court House Township road 91 OCT81976 _COMMERCIAL _RELIGIOUS _OTHER: _OBJECT _BUILDING(S) _DISTRICT PH0369462 Ohio -SITE JUN 21 1976 FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL 039 RECEIVED BOTH 7 DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED _MOVED DATE. FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Washington County, Ohio. This fine old covered span has vertical, high- boarded siding, a metal roof, straight portals and cut-stone abutments. with many different types of bridge construction, but finally hit upon this the Burr truss and is in quite good condition- CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT RUINS X_UNALTERED The structure under consideration is a one-span wooden truss covered bridge The outward appearance of the Shinn Bridge has changed little over the This is known as the Shinn Bridge and is built on the Burr truss plan patented in 18o4 by Theodore Burr of New York State.Mr. Burr experimented with early bridge builders.

There are 2 small windows on the east side of the bridge CHECK ONE X_ORIGINAL SITE ship,2 miles south of SR 676 and l miles northeast of Pattens Mills, X.GOOD The height of the trusses is 13'10".The roadway width is l5' 10"and the spanning the west branch of Wolf Creek on township road 91 in Palmer Town- Renaissance period by Andrea Palladio, with the common kingpost type of wooden trusses. In Burr's plan, these arches are made more rigid by fram- side of the bridge may have been cut out after the bridge was built, but design, where he combined the wooden arch first designed in the post- DATE bridges in his rather short career and his truss type became quite popular trusses are all single timbers.The single layer flooring is laid cross- we are not certain of this.The Shinn Bridge is an excellent example of overall width is 18'.The overhead clearance is l2'. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Ohio Covered Bridge Association, this old span was built about 1886 by Charles opposite side of the creek was owned by Martin Baker, a cooper who lived on bought by David W. Shinn who had settled in Palmer Township sometime before father, Charles T. Shinn, was a carpénter by trade, and he built the bridge, The Shinn Covered Bridge, a lovely old span in a remote, rucal setting, was therefore it is not heavily-traveled or as well-known as some of our other 1700-1799 1500-1599 ART COMMERCE SIGNIFICANCE INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD THEATER MILITARY X_ENGINEERING _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _COMMUNICATIONS _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT assisted by several other men from neighboring families.

X.TRANSPORTATION LITERATURE Historic swollen waters of Wolf Creek.Her older brather's quick action saved her _EDUCATION _CONSERVATION and the only Burr truss in Washington County.It is an excellent example of 1838 His granddaughter,Mrs.Blanche Shinn Russell, told the story of the According to a history of the Shinn Bridge in the Record Books of the Southern family and the boat struck the bank too hard and she was thrown out into the roofed bridges.It is one of only thirteen Burr arch trusses left in Ohio this early American bridge truss design. years old, she was crossing the creek in a rowboat with other members of her -1600-1699 times of high water, impossible In 1885, when Mrs.Russell was about three -1400-1499 BUILDER/ARCHITECT Chas T.

Shinn _INVENTION _ECONOMICS _PHILOSOPHY _SCULPTURE _RELIGION north end of the bridge was first owmed by Douglas Putnam and the land on the _1900- -MUSIC COMMUNITY PLANNING -LAW ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC This was always inconvenient and in from drowning.Very soon after this near tragedy, the frequent users of the ford decided that a bridge would be & practical improvement. Mrs.Russell's the site of the present covered bridge. Wolf Creek at the Shinn Farm was done bymeans ofa.ford some 100 yards above well now for nearly9o It is one of Ohio's more remote covered spans, 9

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES pages 10, 11, 13 and 14 1969, page 152. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than one UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE ( 1 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE January 6, 1976 STREET & NUMBER 3155 Whitehead Road CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 CODE DATE ORGANIZATION 614-279-9576 NORTHING TELEPHONE COUNTY Columbus ATTEST: Ohio Covered Bridge Committee ZONE EASTING Allen, Richard, S., Covered Bridges of the Northeast, Stephan Greene Press,1957, Record Booksf the Southern Ohio Covered Bridge Association,.Volume #8,Washington LOCAL - THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIE PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: - 2 I HEREBY CERTIFY THIS PROPERTY ZONE Ohio Miriam F.

Wood DIRECTOR.OF State Ohio Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHEF OTHER KEEPER TECHNICAL HAER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Property Re-submit HISTORIAN Send-back Maps Review CONTROL Shinn Covered Bridge National Register Write-up Working Number 6.21.76.3634 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Federal Register Entry OCT'81976 .3. 76 IN T:2106- 74 NPS Form 10-800- OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Shinn Covered Bridge, Bartlett Vicintiy, Washington County, Ohio. Wood, Historian, Southern Ohio Covered Bridge Association, August 1986. Continuation sheet Page National Park Service Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Item number Shinn Bridge built 1886 by Ebenezer B.Henderson for $7.70 per lineal foot.

Information from research in county commissioners journal provided by Miriam OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Item number Washington County, OHIO Nomination/Type of Review Additional Information Attest Date/Signature Page Name State Inventory-Nomination Form date entered Continuation sheet National Register of Historic Places received National Park Service NPS Form 10-900- Shinn Covered Bridge For NPS use only Keeper Exp. 10-31-84 3-82) 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 Fed. Reg.

Date: 2/218 Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - Lappeal L sample LJ request L NR decision Reviewer's comments: - see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7.

Description Check one excellent J unaltered - original site Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph moved Accessible resubmission ruins yes dates Category fair Status Recom./Criteria Condition REJECT alterations/integrity Discipline RETURN Washington County unexposed deteriorated clarity Action: boundary selection completeness Public Acquisition Substantive Review: Present Use Shinn Covered Bridge Ownership good 4 1986 Working No. SEP 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph relating significance to the resource relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date - L Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed . Phone: GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Builder/Architect context title Period state national local Maps Specific dates applicable criteria Quadrangle name justification of areas checked clarity completeness BRIDGE SHINN 33-84-03 Looking north west.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 10.8.76 Looking Southwest PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 10,8.76 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHESTERHILL, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CHESTERHILL QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) - Shinn Bridge 1961 NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey ROAD CLASSIFICATION STATE OF OHIO Grant, Ulysses S., Boyhood Hone Brown County Mc. Olive Road Covered Bridge Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. James V. Stantoa Hon.

Tennyson Guyer Regional Director, Midwest Region INT: 2950-75 1976 880 Location Washington County STATE Name Cuyahoga County Georgetown Pickerington vicinity Wyandot County Swartz Covered Bridge Hizey Covered Bridge Cleveland Rinard Covered Bridge Director ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Vinton County Also Notified Wyandot vicinity Lorain-Carnegie Bridge Marietta vicinity Harra Covered Bridge Date Entered Watertow vicinity Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Bartlett vicinity Fairfield County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Allensville vicinity Hon.Clarence E.Hiller Hon. Willian i. Harsha MMott/row 10/15/76 Shinn Covered Bridge Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 August 28, 1986 SINCE 1885 National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Dear Ms.

Shull: Enclosed are updates on twelve covered bridges currently listed the assistance of Miriam Wood, the original form preparer, who has Please add these continuation sheets to the appropriate files, Sincerely, W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL/DAS : dwm SEP 4 1986 SOCIETY 614/466-1500 Enclosures HISTORICAL recently conducted new research on these structures. Carol Shull INITIALS: 5G DOE OGT 8 NAME AS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: OTHER NANES: STREET & NUMBER NE of Bartlett off OH 555 CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - LORIGINAL SITE - unknown - 4 IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: Saved ?

_LANDSCAPE ARCH TECTURE -CONSERVATION -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "oldest'2' YES FEATURES: OTHER Washington EXTERIOR planning Yes-unrestricted ENVIRONS YES LOCATION: Claims TRANSPORTATION SIGNIFICANCE: _Reconstructed INTERIOR MIDWEST ARCHITECTURE AGRICULTURE Shinn Covered Bridge MOVED _UNEXPOSED _entertainment No access ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC UNALTERED ADMINISTRATOR(underline) WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) _EXPLORATION EXCELLENT historic district? PACIFIC NORTHWEST -recreation _PHILOSOPHY -socio/cultural _Unexcavated _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT Substantially intact-l WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

_COMMUNICATIONS - DETERIORATED -settlement _INVENTION INDUSTRY _COMMERCE _health OCT81976 ARCHEOLUGY.PREHISTORIC _RELIGION _LITERATURE -MUSIC DATE: 7/14/76 -Interior, exterior, environs not intact-0 -RUINS FAIR _LAW/Gov't/politics SCIENCE 039 SOUTHEAST 167 COUNTY EDUCATION STATE Ohio then- _ECONOMICS Code "only ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS : HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : SIGNIFICANCE:(maximum two sentences) builder/contractor: COUNTY MUNICIPAL artist/artisan: STATE engineer: OTHER institutional NAMES: interior decorator: DATES: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) ETHNIC GROUP: landscape/garden designer: FEDERAL AGENCY: appropriate date) LOCAL GOV"T PRIVATE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: (Label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : DATES: builder/contractor: NAMES: artist/artisan: STATE OTHER engineer: institutional interior decorator: appropriate date) FEDERAL AGENCY: landscape/garden designer: PRIVATE ETHNIC GROUP: LOCAL GOV"T Single Spen gabled metal roof stone abutments, y One of 13 remaining * Good, unaltered example of Burr truss; MUNICIPAL COUNTY in-Ohio