Hune Covered Bridge
Hune Covered Bridge | |
![]() A vehicle crossing the bridge | |
Location | State Route 26 in Lawrence Township, Washington County |
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Nearest city | Dart, Ohio |
Coordinates | 39°30′38″N 81°15′2″W / 39.51056°N 81.25056°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1879 |
Architect | Rollin Meredith |
Architectural style | Long truss |
NRHP reference No. | 76001545[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 8, 1976 |
The Hune Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located northeast of the community of Dart,[1] it spans the Little Muskingum River in northeastern Lawrence Township in the eastern part of Washington County.[2] Local bridge builder Rollin Meredith erected it in 1879,[1] using the Long-truss style of truss bridge design; the single-span bridge was named for the locally prominent Hune family. Among its design features are a metal roof, abutments of cut stone, and vertical siding. As a Long truss, the Hune Bridge is a valuable example of nineteenth-century architecture: few examples of this complicated style survive to the present day.[3] In 1976, the Hune Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, both because of its place in local history and because of its historically significant construction.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, 72-73. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
- ^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1394.
External links
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