Welle Hess Covered Bridge No. S1

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Welle Hess Covered Bridge No. S1
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

A smaller model of the bridge, built from its wreckage

Location	South of Grassmere Park, Sugarloaf Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°6′34″N 76°25′3″W / 41.10944°N 76.41750°W / 41.10944; -76.41750Coordinates: 41°6′34″N 76°25′3″W / 41.10944°N 76.41750°W / 41.10944; -76.41750
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1871
Built by	Clinton & Montgomery Cole
Architectural style	Other, Burr Arch Truss
MPS	Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR
NRHP Reference #	79003175^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1979
Removed from NRHP	June 27, 1986

The Welle Hess Covered Bridge No. S1, also known as the Laubach Covered Bridge, was a historic wooden covered bridge located at Sugarloaf Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was a 126-foot-long (38 m), Burr Truss arch bridge with a tin roof constructed in 1871. It crossed Fishing Creek and was one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979,^[1] but collapsed on July 19, 1981.^[3] The salvaged wreckage of the bridge was purchased by Ed Campbell, who built a small scale "replica" of the bridge at his restaurant in Orange Township in 1983.^[3]^[4] The bridge was removed from the NRHP in 1986.^[1]

References

1 2 3 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: Welle Hess Covered Bridge No. S1" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-21.
1 2 "Welle Hess or Laubach, Columbia County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear - www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
↑ Kline, David R. "The Welle Hesse Covered Bridge". Benton News (Benton, Pennsylvania). Retrieved January 8, 2013.

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