Shinn Covered Bridge
Shinn Covered Bridge | |
| File:Shinn Covered Bridge.JPG Eastern (downstream) side of the bridge | |
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| Location | Northeast of Bartlett in Palmer Township |
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| Nearest city | Bartlett, Ohio |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architect | Charles T. Shinn |
| Architectural style | Burr Arch Truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001544[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 8, 1976 |
The Shinn Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located in the countryside northeast of Bartlett in Washington County,[1] this single-span truss bridge was built in 1886 by local carpenter Charles T. Shinn.[2] Built of weatherboarded walls with stone abutments and a metal roof,[3] the bridge features the Burr Truss design, which mixes the king post truss with a wooden arch designed by Andrea Palladio in the sixteenth century. Shinn built his bridge to span the western branch of Wolf Creek in Palmer Township.[2] Measuring 98 feet (30 m) in length, the bridge was constructed soon after the drowning of one of Shinn's children.[4]
In 1976, the Shinn Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] It qualified for inclusion on the Register because of its important historic architecture and its place in the history of Ohio,[3] for it is one of the last few examples of Burr king post arch truss bridges still standing in the state.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1399.
- ^ a b Shinn Covered Bridge, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2011-03-11.
- ^ a b Moore, Elma Lee. Ohio's Covered Bridges. Charleston: Arcadia, 2010, 116.
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