Chapman's Bridge, Highway 414, Keonee-Toxaway State Park, Gowensville

Chapman's Bridge, Highway 414, Keonee-Toxaway State Park, Gowensville, Greenville County, SC. Surveyed as HABS SC,39-GOW.V,1-, with a 178-word written history.

From the record

“One of the few remaining covered bridges in the state.”
Written record, HABS SC,39-GOW.V,1- survey. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS SC,39-GOW.V,1- · the record runs 178 words · one of 10 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Significance

87 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS SC,39-GOW.V,1-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

One of the few remaining covered bridges in the state. Historical Information: Little historical information of significance exists. The bridge was constructed in and is a relic of the horse and buggy days. Architectural Information A. General Statement ^1 1. The bridge is approximately 131 feet long, single lane. 2, Condition: Well preserved B. Construction: Wood planks, shingled roof. Sources of Information: 1. From information compiled by the History Section of S. C. Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Tourism. Edited by: Melissa McDonald HABS Historian August 15,

In context

Gowensville, South Carolina	The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Greenville County, South Carolina	88 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record	The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Greenville County

9 records

The federal survey recorded these other structures elsewhere in Greenville County. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

Structure	Survey	Report
Main Street	HALS SC-21	3,758 words
Road S-455 Bridge	HAER SC-39	1,830 words
Christ Episcopal Church	HABS SC,23-GRENV,1-	561 words
Paris Mountain State Park	HABS SC,23-GRENV.V,2-	475 words
Broad Margin	HABS SC,23-GRENV,2-	455 words
Poinsett Bridge	HAER SC,23-TIGVI.V,1-	322 words
Lanneau-Norwood House	HABS SC,23-GRENV,3-	274 words
Lanneau-Norwood House	HABS SC,23-GRENV,3A-	34 words
Joel Poinsett House	HABS SC,23-GRENV.V,1-	31 words

Provenance

Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS SC,39-GOW.V,1-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from the linked federal record; page labels and counts are clearly marked as site presentation or calculations.