The Bowman Mill Covered Bridge, in Perry County, Ohio, is a multiple kingpost truss covered bridge which was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
Bowman Mill Covered Bridge | |
 Photo from 2013, at Perry County Fairgrounds | |
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| Nearest city | New Reading, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°47′53″N 82°21′40″W / 39.79806°N 82.36111°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1880 |
| Built by | Bowman, Lank |
| Architectural style | Multiple kingpost truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002169[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 8, 1978 |
It was a work of Lank Bowman. It has also been termed the Rush Creek Covered Bridge and the Readington Covered Bridge.[1]
It was located south of New Reading, on Winegardner Rd.[2][1]
It is now located in the Perry County Fairgrounds in Pike Township, at 39°43′15″N 82°13′27″W / 39.720833°N 82.224250°W, at the intersection of Broadway (Ohio State Route 37) and Thorn Street near New Lexington.[3] It was moved to the fairgrounds in 1987[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1133. ISBN 9781878592705.
- ^ a b Tourism Archived 2013-12-09 at the Wayback Machine, Perry County Chamber of Commerce, 2013. Accessed 2013-05-16.