Decorative drawing: a timber truss bridge spanning a river on stone piers, side elevation. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for St. Clair Street Bridge

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,614 words across 18 pages, filed in 1978. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 78002175, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

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 St. Clair Street Bridge AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER St. Clair Street, over Seven Mile Creek _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.
TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT _WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE IN PROCESS -YES: RESTRICTED X YES: UNRESTRICTED MILITARY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Ohio Historical Society 039 1976 135 CODE DATE TITLE Eaton ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC COUNTY Columbus AGRICULTURE Preble OWNERSHIP COMMERCIAL UNOCCUPIED SCIENTIFIC LOCATION CLASSIFICATION STATE PRIVATE CATEGORY Ohio NAME Ohio Historic Inventory _MUSEUM PUBLIC ACQUISITION Main and Barron DATE ENTERED Preble County Commissioners STATUS DATA SHEET _BEING CONSIDERED Preble County Courthouse _RELIGIOUS _GOVERNMENT Thomas N. Kindness 8th XPUBLIC OWNER OF PROPERTY _ENTERTAINMENT X_TRANSPORTATION COURTHOUSE, - EDUCATIONAL XSTRUCTURE - INDUSTRIAL _OBJECT _BUILDING(S) _BOTH - PARK -OTHER: PH0667064 (Rev. 10-74) SEP 2 1 1978 REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

name plate, topped with an open metal arched band that bears the company name in into these blocks are the date 1886, the county engineer's name, and the masonry contractors' names. The bridge is posted for a three ton limit, but it and the abutments are still CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT DETERIORATED RUINS UNALTERED XALTERED FAIR XGOOD batter posts which bear a small plate indentifying the county commissioners and Latticework guard rails stretch along both sides of the structure.The wooden deck CHECK ONE structurally sound according to the county engineer. The abutments are limestone and a solitary block rests atop each wingwall.Cut is supported by I floor beams and covered with a bituminous wearing surface. This is a l04 foot long Pratt metal through-truss single-span bridge.It has six DATE AREAS OF

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE SCULPTURE ARCHITECTURE X 1800-1899 COMMERCE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT INDUSTRY _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Morrison, the son of David, as a partner. and an iron arch truss bridge in 1868. was to "manufacture, construct and erect Bridges and Roofs, to manufacture and Whipple, triangular, and arch trusses, and several rigid suspension bridges. company ceased operations about 1891, although James H. Morrison, the company fore- man, continued to construct bridges until 1915. who has inspection responsibilities for this structure, has expressed an interest 1700-1799 1886-87 1600-1699 LAW ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT THEATER AGRICULTURE PHILOSOPHY PREHISTORIC XTRANSPORTATION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT 1900- MILITARY LITERATURE _COMMUNICATIONS EDUCATION XENGINEERING lattice girder post design. Columbia Bridge Works _CONSERVATION in maintaining this structure, and its location on a city sidestreet makes it an excellent candidate for preservation.
SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN a distinctive intermediate post design formed of parallel u-channel beams connected This bridge occupies a significant place in the history of bridge engineering in He received two patents for his designs; a metallic shoe for truss bridges in 1858, began building wooden and stone bridges for both railroads and highways in 1848.
disastrous flood earlier that year had destroyed a large number of bridges through- Ohio.It is one of seven metal through-truss bridges known to exist in the state out the county, and this bridge was to replace a washed out metal bridge several -1500-1599 hundred yards further upstream.The Trunks were listed in the 1875 Directory of The abutments for the bridge were constructed in 1886 by Adam and John Trunk.A Eaton asa part of Brannen and Trunk,Dealers and Workmen in Cut Limestone." Several of the bridges in the state erected by the Columbia Bridge Works are cur- -1400-1499 _RELIGION The Columbia Bridge Works was organized in 1852 by David H. Morrison of Dayton and _ECONOMICS D.H. Morrison was born in Ohio in 18l7 and originally worked as a surveyor.He -MUSIC -COMMUNITY PLANNING that were fabricated by the Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio. It was erected Julius C.
Curtis of Keokuk, Iowa. In 1868 it was reorganized with Charles C. sell Lifting Jacks and Pumps and to carry on a general machine shop, blacksmith rently being replaced or are scheduled for replacement. The Preble County engineer, ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC patented bridge design.D.H. Morrison died in 1882,and the company was incorpor- by metal blocks.This is the only Columbia bridge known which has the more common - INVENTION

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY Less than one A[1,6] 1710,213,5,0 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION spanning Seven Mile Creek at the west edge of Eaton at St. Clair Street, the LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE X 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE David A. Simmons, Historian December 1, 1976 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 COUNTY CODE ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE ZONE DATE NORTHING Columbus Ohio nomination includes the bridge and its abutments. Ohio Historic Preservation Office UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the I-71 and 17th Avenue 14,410.113.5.0 ATTEST: Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SEP 2 1 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM St. Clair Street Bridge, Preble County Office, 1874. Letter, Seth Schlotterbeck, September 1, 1976. Ohio, Secretary of State, Records of Incorporation, Vol. 26.
DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET 1850 Federal Population Census of Ohio. RECEIVED APR 1 2 1978 ITEM NUMBER 9 PAGE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory- SEP 2 1 1978 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER Entered CONTROL Re-submit Send-back Maps HISTORIAN Photos TECHNICAL National Register Write-up State Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF Working Number4. 12.78. 2903 18002175 IN T:2106 - 74 OK 4.13.28 HAER Property Ohi Ret Photo: David Simmons, 1977 SEP 2 1 1978 APR 1 2 1978 Negative: Ohio Preservation Office St. Clair St. Bridge, Preble Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cast metal name plate Photo: David Simmons, 1977 SEP 2 1 1978 APR 12 1978 Looking west Negative: Ohio Preservation Office St. Clair St.
Bridge, Preble Co., Ohio PERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER SEP 2 1 1978 APR 12 1978 Detail of batterpost with cannonball finials PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER St. Clair St. Bridge, Preble Co., Ohio Negative: Ohio Preservation Office Doe Photo: David Simmons, 1977 1ooking south APR 1 2 1978 Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER St. Clair Street Bridge, Preble Co., Ohio SEP 2 1 ENGR EOWRY SEP 2 1 1978 APR 1 2 1978 St. Clair Street Bridge, Preble Co., Ohio abutment block listing engineers name G date Photo: David Simmons, 1977 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Negative: Ohio Preservation Office APR 12 1978 SEP 2 1 1978 abutment block with masonry contractor's name Photo: David Simmons, 1977 Negative: Ohio Preservation Office PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER St.
Clair Street Bridge, Preble Co., Ohio DOE SEP 2 1 1978 APR 1 2 1978 Detail of construction Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office Photo: David Simmons, 1977 St. Clair Street Bridge, Preble Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) EATON SOUTH QUADRANGLE OHIO - PRABLR CO APR. 12 1978 ( GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECEIVED DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO SEP 2 1 1978 Garfield, Milton, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr Location Director Sheffield STATE Name 9/27/78 Lorain County Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Preble County St. Clair Street Bridge Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable Donald J. Pease The Ohio Historical Society ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable Clarence J.
Brown Date Entered Eaton OHIO 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: EP 2 1 St. Clair Street Bridge city / town S STATE St. Clair St.
over Seven Mile Creek 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated Doriginal site 17) features: Dexcellent Oruins 2 C NOT INTACT-O -unexposed SO UNKNOWN -6 Ounexeavated O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access 21) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain "first'O -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW -16 - RELIGION-22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING -31 "oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL -30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions () architectural style(s): A interior decorator: @bullder/contractor: 135 county PH0667064 Eaton CONDITION ENGINEERING-11 ASSOCIATION major alterations: Preble artist: artisan: vicinity of PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: engineer: historic events: EVENTS: CURRENTLY: ORGANIZATION COMMERCE-6 NPS REGION landscape architect/garden designer: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-3 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP master builder: Ofair Ounaltered SAVED?
YES 4county code: 6LOCATION street & number -reconstructed > C UNKNOWN-6 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) Sarohiteot: ETHNIC Simmons GROUP date dates of initial construction: NAMES give role & date as it appears on federal register: IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno Omoved Dgood 19ADAPTIVE USE YES NO O