The Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19 is an historic, American wooden covered bridge that was originally built in Locust Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19 | |
![]() The bridge relocated to the entrance of the Foxtail housing development in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania in September 2012. | |
Location | Pennsylvania Route 468, Locust Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°53′32″N 76°22′28″W / 40.89222°N 76.37444°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1856 |
Built by | Dan Kostenbauder |
Architectural style | Queen Post Truss |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79003178[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 1979 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] The bridge was dismantled on March 23, 1981, and the pieces stored at Knoebels Amusement Resort until it was rebuilt at the entrance to a housing development in Hemlock Township in 1994.[2][3]
History and architectural features
editWhen built in 1856, this historic structure was a 56.5-foot-long (17.2 m), Queen Post Truss bridge with a tarred metal roof. It originally crossed the North Branch of Roaring Creek and was one of twenty-eight historic covered bridges that were located in Columbia and Montour Counties.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] The bridge was dismantled on March 23, 1981, and the pieces stored at Knoebels Amusement Resort until it was rebuilt at the entrance to a housing development in Hemlock Township in 1994.[5][6] The coordinates above refer to the bridge's original location, its new location is 40°59.93′N 76°28.96′W / 40.99883°N 76.48267°W.
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Wagner (relocated), Columbia County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear - www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ "Covered bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania" (PDF). Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau. March 2019. p. 1.
- ^ "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: Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
- ^ "Wagner (relocated), Columbia County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear - www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ "Covered bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania" (PDF). Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau. March 2019. p. 1.