Shinn Covered Bridge


Shinn Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Eastern (downstream) side of the bridge
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Location	Northeast of Bartlett in Palmer Township
Nearest city	Bartlett, Ohio
Coordinates	39°27′46″N 81°45′40″W / 39.46278°N 81.76111°W / 39.46278; -81.76111Coordinates: 39°27′46″N 81°45′40″W / 39.46278°N 81.76111°W / 39.46278; -81.76111
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1886
Architect	Charles T. Shinn
Architectural style	Burr Arch Truss
NRHP Reference #	76001544^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1976

The Shinn Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located in the countryside northeast of Bartlett in Washington County,^[1] this single-span truss bridge was built in 1886 by local carpenter Charles T. Shinn.^[2] Built of weatherboarded walls with stone abutments and a metal roof,^[3] the bridge features vertical siding, and its portals have remained vertical and resisted creeping into another shape. The heart of the bridge's structure employs the Burr Truss design, which mixes the king post truss with a wooden arch designed by Andrea Palladio in the sixteenth century. Shinn built his bridge to span the western branch of Wolf Creek in Palmer Township.^[2] Measuring 98 feet (30 m) in length, the bridge was constructed soon after the drowning of one of Shinn's children.^[4]

In 1976, the Shinn Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1] It qualified for inclusion on the Register because of its important historic architecture and its place in the history of Ohio,^[3] for it is one of the last few examples of Burr king post arch truss bridges still standing in the state.^[4]

References

1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1399.
1 2 Shinn Covered Bridge, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2011-03-11.
1 2 Moore, Elma Lee. Ohio's Covered Bridges. Charleston: Arcadia, 2010, 116.

National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Ohio

National Historic Landmark	W.P. SNYDER, JR. (steamboat)

Historic districts	Coal Run Historic District Harmar Historic District Marietta Historic District Muskingum River Navigation Historic District Vaughn-Stacy-Evans Farm Historic District Watertown Historic District

Other properties	Charles Rice Ames House Col. Joseph Barker House Judge Joseph Barker House Becker Lumber and Manufacturing Company Cisler Terrace Walter Curtis House Col. Simeon Deming House Erwin Hall, Marietta College First Unitarian Church of Marietta Harra Covered Bridge Hildreth Covered Bridge Hune Covered Bridge William Hune Farm John Kaiser House Mason House Mound Cemetery Mound Ohio Company Land Office Rufus Putnam House Rinard Covered Bridge Root Covered Bridge Sawyer-Curtis House Shinn Covered Bridge Sixth Street Railroad Bridge Spencer's Landing Jonathan Sprague House Old St. Mary's School Capt. Jonathan Stone House Waernicke-Hille House and Store Wilcox-Mills House

Former listing	MISSISSIPPI III

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio

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