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COVERED BRIDGE RD, 1 MI N OF INTERS OF STATE HIGHWAY 60 AND STATE HIGHWAY 143 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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COVERED BRIDGE RD, 1 MI N OF INTERS OF STATE HIGHWAY 60 AND STATE HIGHWAY 143

Architecture and History Inventory
COVERED BRIDGE RD, 1 MI N OF INTERS OF STATE HIGHWAY 60 AND STATE HIGHWAY 143 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Covered Bridge
Other Name:COVERED BRIDGE
Contributing:
Reference Number:13126
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):COVERED BRIDGE RD, 1 MI N OF INTERS OF STATE HIGHWAY 60 AND STATE HIGHWAY 143
County:Ozaukee
City:
Township/Village:Cedarburg
Unincorporated Community:
Town:10
Range:21
Direction:E
Section:10
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:SW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1876
Additions:
Survey Date:1975
Historic Use:bridge
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Board and Batten
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Covered Bridge
National Register Listing Date:3/14/1973
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. LATTICED PINE TIMBER TRUSS CONSTRUCTION; 20 FT. WIDE, 23 FT. HIGH, 180 FT. LONG. VEHICULAR USE STOPPED IN 1962. LAST REMAINING ORIGINAL COVERED BRIDGE IN THE STATE. HABS WI-28-12. "On Covered Bridge Road, 1 1/2 miles north of intersection of State Highways 60 and 143. Built 1876. Of latticed timber truss construction, bridge is covered with wood boards and battens and a gabled roof. Last remaining example of covered bridge in Wisconsin." Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976). wood bridge
Bibliographic References:WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 5/7/1995. FOND DU LAC REPORTER 9/3/1995. Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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