Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark * Other -recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1909-1945 Engineers ENGINEERING Register TRANSPORTATION religious purposes. ARCHITECTURE The Darke County Historical Society Property is: Cultural Affiliation Criteria Considerations Architect/Builder of a type, period, or method of construction or individual distinction.
Areas of Significance Broadway Bridge (Enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates Applicable National Register Criteria Significant Person County and State for National Register listing.) CProperty embodies the distinctive characteristics Narrative Statement of Significance distinguishable entity whose components lack A Property is associated with events that have made our history. previously listed in the National Register information important in prehistory or history. Primary location of additional data: a significant contribution to the broad patterns of significant in our past.
Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance CFR 67) has been requested Name of repository: Name of Property (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) B Property is associated with the lives ofpersons Bibilography See Continuation Sheet, Section 9, Page 1 (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Darke, OH 10. Geographical Data L See continuation sheet (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By Glenn A. Harper, Regional Coordinator September, 1995 street & number - 1982 Velma Avenue - telephone Submit the following items with the completed form: A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.
Property Owner City Building, Public Square a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). 45331 614/297-2470 513/548-1819 Zone date name Greenville, organization Northing Maps state Photographs Additional items 43211-2497 Columbus UTM References Additional Documentation County and State name/title Ohio Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheets Ohio City of Greenville less than l acre Acreage of Property Broadway Bridge Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate Name of Property Representative black and white photographs of the property.
Easting city or town (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) (Place additional UTMreferences ona continuation sheet.) (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) A USGS map (7.5 or 15minute series) indicating the property's location. See Section 10, Page instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Boundary Justification See Section 10, Page 1 - zip code properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings.
Response to this request is required to obtain Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. NPS Form 10P00d OMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor JAN 2 5 1996 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number _ Historic Places under Criteria A and C. Architecturally, the bridge is significant as an example of the early stages HISTORICAL BACKGROUND could justify the new structure.
(The Greenville Advocate, 1904) Nevertheless, plans for the new bridge went forward and at the March 22, 1906 City Council meeting, the council's Improvement Greenville Advocate, March 22, 1906) The bridge was designed by Greenville Advocate, July, 1909) INTRODUCTION RECEIVED Continuation Sheet Page National Park Service the privilege of using the city's main streets, should bear some National Register of Historic Places American experimentation with European concrete bridge design, as built in the United States and probably the only remaining bridge which used the bridge and which had benefited from franchises and civil engineering pioneer's, Walter Rice and Albert W.Zesiger of Committee reported in favor of anew concrete bridge.(The A wrought iron had succeeded a wooden covered of the early 2oth century.
one of only a few non-reinforced, three-hinged concrete bridges new bridge, but some felt the Dayton and Muncie Traction Company, of the cost. The completed bridge opened for traffic in 1909. mid-sized communities in response to the City Beautiful Movement Company. (The apparently seedy surroundings, immediately north of the bridge Nor was there unanimous opinion as to whether the The Broadway Bridge is nominated to the National Register of Few questioned the need for a planning for a new brige began. Broadway Bridge, Darke County, OH arches due to uneven settlement, changes in temperature, or bridge, three-hinged arches eliminated the possibility of As with many public works projects, the construction of the industries, concrete bridges did not compete favorably with steel spans until the 1920's, over a decade after the construction of characteristic of the concrete arch.
(Simmons, 1984) Despite the criticisms, the three-hinged arch design prevailed, specifically the "soft, miry ground, undermined by springs" (quicksand by one account) . Continuation Sheet The three-hinged concrete arch was developed primarily in Germany fighting increased competition from the iron and steel qualities and the appearance of solidity and rigidity suits and political controversy, delaying its construction for at engineers felt that hinges detracted from the overall aesthetic National Register of Historic Places novelty of the bridge's design, arguing that it was improper to Mansfield structure in 1904 and Albert Zesiger's 86 foot because of special foundation problems found at the site, Brookside Park bridge in Cleveland in 1906.According to L.A.
United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Keith, Mansfield City Engineer and the designer of the Mansfield in the 1880's and 1890's to prevent cracks appearing in concrete NPS Form 10,000a Section number - a savings of materials. (Simmons, 1984) and untested length of the bridge resulted in a series of law- Page Broadway Street Bridge was not without controversy.The use of bridge design also was not without critics.Many American The aesthetics of the concrete, the relatively experimental design and the much longer "experiment with the people's money." OM8 Approvel No.
10240018 Section number _ minded citizens, professionals, politicians and "civic improvement associations, " such as Greenville's Improvement population growth, congestion, and general disorder), because it while in smaller communities, such as Greenville, the projects Memorial Hall, street paving and lighting and of course, new The Broadway Bridge, with its decorative railings, rail posts and Page National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet linked by grand boulevards, an increasing number of urban ills pollution, the development of the City Beautiful Movement as a.significant World's Columbian Exposition is often viewed as the beginning of plans to groups of monumental buildings grew out of the increasing activities of local influential civic- Society of Civil Engineers.
National Park Service linked progressive social reform with aesthetic public construction of a single public building, such as Greenville's the City Beautiful of the Movement's principles United States Department of the Interlor Beautiful Movement in small towns. balusters, is an excellent example of the influence of the City Broadway Bridge, Darke County, OH NPS Form 10-900-8 Coinciding with the growing number of concrete arch bridges was In larger cities, City Beautiful projects ranged from civic center classically inspired, with many projects featuring columns, balustrades and pediments. (ODOT, 1994) Civil Engineering Landmark, by the Ohio Council of the American tended to be much smaller and more practical.They included the influence in American urban design.Though the 1893 Chicago The Broadway Bridge was recently designated an Ohio Historic OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 National Park Service BROADWAY BRIDGE Section number - DARKE COUNTY, OHIO ENGINEERING DRAWINGS 1938 (8-86) Page National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a of Hinge Broadway Bridge, Darke County, OH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES "A New Bridge is Desired" The Greenville Advocate, March 22, Technology" Ohio County Engineer News, Vol. XLIV, No.4, November, 1984. Preservation, Copyright, 1994, Ohio Department of Transportation. Engineer, 1938. Darke County Engineer's Office. 1906. 1909.
Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service The Concrete Arch Bridge Supplement to the Ohio Historic Bridge United States Department of the Interlor Simmons David A."Greenville Bridge A Rare Example of Concrete OMBApproral No 1024-0018 Section number _ "The New Bridge Question 1904" The Greenville Advocate, 1904. "Bridge Ready For Acceptance" The Greenville Advocate, July, "Plan of Proposed Railing and Sidewalk for Broadway Bridge." P. V. Coppess. Page United States Department of the Interlor feet. Page BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet National Park Service associated with the Broadway Bridge.
VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION cantilevered sidewalks.The property is roughly 63 feetby 120 bridge deck at North Broadway, on the south by the end of the Section number _ 10 Broadway Bridge, Darke County, OH bridge deck at South Broadway and on the east and west by the The Boundary includes the entire area that has historically been The nominated property is bounded on the north by the end of the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: 2/22/96 DATE DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N /ACCEPT ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./ CRITERIA TELEPHONE REJECT DATE MULTIPLE 1/25/96 RETURN DISCIPLINE 3/10/96 REVIEWER Entered in the PDIL: OTHER: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REASONS FOR REVIEW: National Roster DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: BROADWAY BRIDGE DARKE CO.
O BROADWAY BRIDGE BROADWAY BRIDGE DARKE CO. OH BROADWAY BRIDGE DARKE CO Ot BROADWAY BRIDGE DARKE CO OH BROADWAY BRIDGE DARKE Co OH BROADWAY BRIDGE DARKE CO OH BROADWAY BRIDGE DARKE Co OH DARKE CO OH) BROADWAY BRIDGE DARKE G OH DARKE CO DARKE CO OH PBROADUAY BRIDGE No DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DARKE CO., Of GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GREENVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GREENVILLE WEST, OHIO GREENVILLG JAMES P. SURBER, P.E., P.S. GREENVILLE, OHIO 45331 Area Code 513 December 6, 1995 Attn. Barbara Powers Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Dear Ms. Powers: that the structure will provide a safe, serviceable facility for many years to cc: City of Greenville recent 547-7375 come. Darke County Engineer Ohio Historical Center Greenville to the National Register of Historic Places.
COUNTY COURT HOUSE 1982 Velma Avenue Re: Proposed nomination of Broadway Bridge (Greenville, Ohio) I heartily Darke County Engineen's Office Surber insuresthat rehabilitation James P.E.,P.S. 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 (614) 297-2300 Fax: 297-2411 December 29, 1995 P. O. Box 37127 JAN 2 5 1886 Washington, D. C. 20013-7127 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Enclosed please find four (4) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION Coal Run Historic District Skywood Farms If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. Montgomery COUNTY Washington Darke Sincerely, Richland enclosures SOCIETY Franco Ruffini HISTORICAL RECEIVED National Park Service Dear Ms.
Shull: Broadway Bridge Plymouth Greenlawn Cemetary Chapel Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places
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