Brocton Arch

Brocton Arch
Brocton Arch, November 2009
Location Jct. of Main St. with Lake and Highland Aves., Brocton, New York
Coordinates 42°23′19″N 79°26′28″W / 42.38861°N 79.44111°W / 42.38861; -79.44111Coordinates: 42°23′19″N 79°26′28″W / 42.38861°N 79.44111°W / 42.38861; -79.44111
Built 1913
Architect Phoenix Bridge Co.; Farnham Machine and Foundry Co.
NRHP Reference # 96000133[1]
Added to NRHP February 22, 1996

Brocton Arch is a historic "welcome arch" located at Brocton in Chautauqua County, New York. It is a freestanding steel arch bearing the community's name constructed in 1913 over a public thoroughfare. It is a rare double span, four way street arch.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

Beginning in 2012, the Arch was taken down for refurbishing. The Arch was put back up about a year later.

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