Broadway Bridge (Greenville, Ohio)
Broadway Bridge | |
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Location | Broadway over Greenville Creek, Greenville, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 40°6′15″N 84°38′7″W / 40.10417°N 84.63528°W |
Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1909 |
Architect | Walter Rice; A.W. Zesiger |
Architectural style | Three-hinged arch |
NRHP reference No. | 96000114[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 22, 1996 |
The Broadway Bridge is a historic arch bridge that spans Greenville Creek on the edge of downtown Greenville, a city in the far western part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Constructed in the early twentieth century, it carries one of the city's most important streets and connects the city's northern and southern sections. One of several large concrete bridges designed by a Cleveland engineer, it has been named a historic site.
History
As late as 1857, Greenville was restricted to the southeastern side of Greenville Creek; only about four or five houses were located in what has since become the northern part of the city. However, a Greenville Creek bridge existed by this time, and around it existed a smattering of industries. Like today, Broadway was an important thoroughfare, with the old courthouse occupying a place on the public square, and a dense commercial district lining both sides of the street for several blocks to the south of the square.[2]: 515 The current courthouse was constructed in 1874,[2]: 516 and Broadway was paved with brick in 1900 as numerous commercial buildings continued to rise along its sides.[2]: 517 The location of the present bridge is close to the Treaty of Greenville signing grounds; construction by the bridge in the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries revealed burials of officers from the Legion of the United States.[2]: 539
Architecture
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Constructed in 1909, the Broadway Bridge is a
Preservation
In 1996, the Broadway Bridge was listed on the
References
- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Wilson, Frazer E. History of Darke County Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Vol. 1. Milford: Hobart, 1914.
- Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2014-01-13.
- ^ Orth, Samuel P. A History of Cleveland, Ohio. Chicago and Cleveland: S.J. Clarke, 1910, 677.
- ^ Miller, Carol Poh. "Photographs and Historical Data: Detroit Superior High Level Bridge Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine". Historic American Engineering Record, 1978-08, 3. Accessed 2014-01-13.
- ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth, 2004, 54.