The Sanitarium Lake Bridges Historic District encompasses a pair of stone arch bridges on Carroll County Road 317 (Lake Lucerne Road) in southern Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Sanitarium Lake Bridges Historic District | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Nearest city | Eureka Springs, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 36°22′47″N 93°44′4″W / 36.37972°N 93.73444°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1891 |
Built by | Eureka Sanitarium Company |
Architectural style | Masonry arch |
MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 09001238[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 19, 2010 |
History
editBuilt in 1891 by the Eureka Sanitarium Company to provide access to its resort, they are the only known stone arch bridges in the county, and two of a small number of known surviving stone arch bridges in the entire state. Both bridges are single-span arches fashioned out of cut stone. Marble Bridge, the northern one, has a span of 44 feet (13 m) across a ravine, while the Lake Bridge has a span of 22 feet (6.7 m) over a normally dry creek bed.[2]
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Sanitarium Lake Bridges Historic District". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-103, "Marble Bridge, Spanning ravine at Lake Road (CR 707), Eureka Springs, Carroll County, AR", 6 photos, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page