Hays Bridge Historic District
Hays Bridge Historic District | |
Location | East of Mercersburg on Pennsylvania Routes 331 and 328, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°47′19″N 77°51′15″W / 39.78861°N 77.85417°WCoordinates: 39°47′19″N 77°51′15″W / 39.78861°N 77.85417°W |
Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1820 |
Built by | S. Stouffer |
Architectural style | Burr truss |
NRHP reference No. | 78002402[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 31, 1978 |
Hays Bridge Historic District is a national historic district located in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The buildings are a three-story, five bay limestone house and bank barn, dated to the early-19th century. The structures are an early 19th-century stone double arch bridge and a Burr Truss covered bridge dated to 1883. The covered bridge, known as Ped Bridge or Witherspoon Bridge, is 87 feet long and 14 feet wide, with a corrugated metal roof. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Franklin County.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Paula Stoner Dickey (July 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hays Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.
Categories:
- Covered bridges in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic districts in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States
- Franklin County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania bridge (structure) stubs