Swartz Covered Bridge

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Swartz Covered Bridge
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Nearest city Wyandot, Ohio
Coordinates 40°46′14″N83°10′09″W / 40.77056°N 83.16917°W / 40.77056; -83.16917 (Swartz Covered Bridge) Coordinates: 40°46′14″N83°10′09″W / 40.77056°N 83.16917°W / 40.77056; -83.16917 (Swartz Covered Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Architectural styleHowe truss
NRHP reference No. 76001553 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1976

The Swartz Covered Bridge, near Wyandot, Ohio, was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

It is a Howe truss covered bridge.

It is located northwest of Wyandot on County Road 130, in Antrim Township, Wyandot County, Ohio.

It is covered in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). "Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2". Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1476. Retrieved September 8, 2018.