Horn Davis Overholtzer Bridge
Appearance
Horn Davis Overholtzer Bridge | |
Location | Southeast of Fairfield, Morgan Township and West Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°0′29″N 80°3′45″W / 40.00806°N 80.06250°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1889 |
Architectural style | Burr Arch |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79002354[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1979 |
The Horn or Horn Davis or Overholtzer Bridge was a historic wooden covered bridge located in Morgan Township in Greene County and West Bethlehem Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was a 96-foot-long (29 m), Burr Arch truss bridge constructed in 1889. It crossed Ten Mile Creek. As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It is designated as a historic bridge by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. The bridge collapsed in March 1994, and has not been replaced or rebuilt.[3]
References
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher and Charlotte K. Lane (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Horn Davis Overholtzer Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ "Davis/Davis Horn/Overholtzer Covered Bridge". Landmark Registry - Bridges. Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1889
- Bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Tourist attractions in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania bridge (structure) stubs