Bowman Mill Covered Bridge

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Bowman Mill Covered Bridge
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Photo from 2013, at Perry County Fairgrounds
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Nearest city New Reading, Ohio
Coordinates 39°47′53″N82°21′40″W / 39.79806°N 82.36111°W / 39.79806; -82.36111 (Bowman Mill Covered Bridge (original location)) Coordinates: 39°47′53″N82°21′40″W / 39.79806°N 82.36111°W / 39.79806; -82.36111 (Bowman Mill Covered Bridge (original location))
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Built byBowman, Lank
Architectural styleMultiple kingpost truss
NRHP reference No. 78002169 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 8, 1978
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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]

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″N82°13′27″W / 39.720833°N 82.224250°W / 39.720833; -82.224250 (current location) , 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1133.
  3. 1 2 Tourism Archived 2013-12-09 at the Wayback Machine , Perry County Chamber of Commerce, 2013. Accessed 2013-05-16.