Hall Covered Bridge
Hall Covered Bridge
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Location | Hall Bridge Road, Rockingham, Vermont |
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Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1867 |
Architectural style | Town lattice truss |
NRHP Reference # | 73000204[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 28, 1973 |
The Hall Covered Bridge, located in southern Rockingham, Vermont, carries Hall Bridge Road across the Saxtons River, just nort of its junction with Vermont Route 121. It is a Town lattice truss bridge, built in 1982 as a replica of a c. 1867 bridge that was destroyed by an overweight truck in 1980. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
Description and history
The Hall Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of southern Rockingham, west of the village of Bellows Falls, spanning the Saxtons River about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) east of the village of Saxtons River. It is a single-span lattice truss bridge, based on the patent of architect Ithiel Town, and rests on stone abutments. Its sides are clad in vertical board siding, with three diamond-shaped window openings, and it is topped by a gabled metal roof.[2]
The original bridge was built in 1867 by Sanford Granger, a local master bridge builder. It was, at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, one of three surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town (out of 17 documented to exist).[2] The bridge was destroyed by an overweight truck in 1980, and a replica was built in 1982 by Milton S. Graton, whose penchant for authenticity extended to the use of oxen to move the finished bridge into place.[3]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
- List of Vermont covered bridges
References
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- Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
- Bridges completed in 1867
- Bridges in Windham County, Vermont
- Covered bridges in Vermont
- National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Vermont
- Bridges completed in 1982
- Buildings and structures demolished in 1980