Adams Mill Covered Bridge

  • Also Known As: Carroll County Bridge 39 also 015-553-00955

  • Address: Co Rd 50 E over Wildcat Cr
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1872/00/00 Wheelock Bridge Company Architect Carroll County Commissioners award the Wheelock Bridge Company a contract to build two R W Smith and Co bridges, one at Adams Mill and one at New Lancaster, for a total of $12,237.
1872/00/00 Smith Bridge Company Engineer, Fabricator Carroll County Commissioners award the Wheelock Bridge Company a contract to build two R W Smith and Co bridges, one at Adams Mill and one at New Lancaster, for a total of $12,237.
1957/00/00 Questers Club, a history club in Carroll County, begin preservation efforts.
1974/00/00 Adams Mill Covered Bridge closes to vehicular traffic.
1999/10/09 Adams Mill Covered Bridge re-opens after a complete restoration.

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Particulars for Adams Mill Covered Bridge:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Structure type Bridge
Structural System Burr Truss
Bridge Attribute Covered Bridge
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Historic Event
Structure System Howe Truss System
Historic Use Road-related
Sight Category Structure
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 95001537
Resource Type:
Owner: Local
Architect: Smith, Robert W.; Wheelock Bridge Company
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Howe Truss, Burr Arch
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Engineering, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1872, 1900, c 1937
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Road-related
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Pedestrian related

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