Dellville Covered Bridge
Dellville Covered Bridge | |
 The bridge in 2012 | |
  Location within Pennsylvania  Location within the United States | |
| Location | T 456, Wheatfield Township, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°21′49″N 77°7′0″W / 40.36361°N 77.11667°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1889 (rebuilt 2019) |
| Architect | Clouser, Andrew |
| Architectural style | Burr |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003593[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 25, 1980 |
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]
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 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Susan M. Zacher (March 1980). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Dellville Covered Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 2, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ↑ "Officials investigating fire at historic covered bridge". ABC27.com. November 3, 2014. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ↑ Jeffrey A. Johnson (November 3, 2014). "Officials still working to determine cause of fire that damaged historic Dellville Covered Bridge". PennLive.com. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ↑ Ali Lanyon (May 14, 2015). "Midstate Mystery: The burning of the Dellville covered bridge". abc27.com. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ "2 charged with arson of landmark Dellville Bridge". ABC27. November 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
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- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1889
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Tourist attractions in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States
- Covered bridges in the United States destroyed by arson