Fowlersville Covered Bridge
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Fowlersville Covered Bridge | |
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The bridge at its original site over West Branch Briar Creek in 1982 | |
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| Location | Legislative Route 19039, south of Fowlersville, North Centre Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 41°3′19″N 76°19′39″W / 41.05528°N 76.32750°WCoordinates: 41°3′19″N 76°19′39″W / 41.05528°N 76.32750°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1886 |
| Built by | King, Charles |
| Architectural style | Other, Queen Post design |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 79003182[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 29, 1979 |
The Fowlersville Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located in North Centre Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is a 40-foot-long (12 m), Queen Post Truss bridge with board-and-batten siding constructed in 1886. It originally crossed West Branch Briar Creek. It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] In 1986 the bridge was moved to Briar Creek Park in North Centre Township. The coordinates above refer to the bridge's original location, its new location is 41°03′39″N 76°17′01″W / 41.06083°N 76.28361°W.[3]
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- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fowlersville Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
- ↑ "Fowlersville Bridge". Columbia County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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