Dellville Covered Bridge

Summary

The Dellville Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge located in Dellville Pennsylvania. It is a 174-foot-long (53 m), three span, burr truss bridge over Shermans Creek, built to replace a previous covered bridge constructed in 1889 by Andrew Clouser.[2]

Dellville Covered Bridge
The bridge in 2012
Dellville Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Dellville Covered Bridge
Dellville Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Dellville Covered Bridge
LocationT 456, Wheatfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°21′49″N 77°7′0″W / 40.36361°N 77.11667°W / 40.36361; -77.11667
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1889 (rebuilt 2019)
ArchitectClouser, Andrew
Architectural styleBurr
MPSCovered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR
NRHP reference No.80003593[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1980

The original bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

On November 3, 2014, it was significantly damaged in a fire that police later ruled was arson.[3][4][5] In 2017, work removing the burned and charred remains of the old Dellville Covered Bridge began, and in 2018, the work rebuilding the bridge began in earnest. By July 2019, the new replica bridge was completed at a cost of $966,000. In November 2019, two men were charged as juveniles for the arson.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Susan M. Zacher (1980-03-10). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Rice Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  3. ^ "Officials investigating fire at historic covered bridge". ABC27.com. 2014-11-03. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  4. ^ Jeffrey A. Johnson (2014-11-03). "Officials still working to determine cause of fire that damaged historic Dellville Covered Bridge". PennLive.com. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  5. ^ Ali Lanyon (2015-05-14). "Midstate Mystery: The burning of the Dellville covered bridge". abc27.com. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  6. ^ "2 charged with arson of landmark Dellville Bridge". ABC27. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2021-02-05.