Hays Bridge Historic District | |
 Covered bridge in the district | |
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| Location | East of Mercersburg on Pennsylvania Routes 331 and 328, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°47′19″N 77°51′15″W / 39.78861°N 77.85417°W |
| Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1820 |
| Built by | S. Stouffer |
| Architectural style | Burr truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002402[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 31, 1978 |
The Hays Bridge Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
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History and architectural features
The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The buildings are a three-story, five-bay limestone house and bank barn, which date to the early-nineteenth century. The structures are an early nineteenth-century stone double arch bridge and a Burr Truss covered bridge which date to 1883. The covered bridge, known as Ped Bridge or Witherspoon Bridge, is eighty-seven feet long and fourteen feet wide, with a corrugated metal roof. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Franklin County.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Paula Stoner Dickey (July 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hays Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2012.
This page was last edited on 7 August 2023, at 00:16