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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1883/00/00 Benton Jones Builder Cedar Covered Bridge is built over Cedar Creek for what is now Hwy 169.
1883/00/00 Harvey P Jones Builder Cedar Covered Bridge is built over Cedar Creek for what is now Hwy 169.
1921/00/00 Cedar Covered Bridge is relocated to its present location over the same creek, about 1.3 miles to the east of the original location.
2002/09/03 Cedar Covered Bridge is destroyed by arson.
2004/10/09 A replica of the original Cedar Covered Bridge, built from the original plans, is dedicated.

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Particulars for Cedar Covered Bridge:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Structure type Bridge
Bridge Attribute Covered Bridge
Area of Significance Engineering
Art connection Film Production
Attribute Moved property
Disposition Reconstructed Property
Historic Use Road-related
Sight Category Structure



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 76000786
Resource Type:
Owner: Local
Architect: Jones,H.P.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Covered bridge
Other Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Engineering
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Moved property
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1920
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Road-related
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
The Bridges of Madison County (book) Book Robert James Waller Cedar Covered Bridge in Winterset, Iowa is the setting and cover art for the novel, "The Bridges of Madison County".

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