Bowman Mill Covered Bridge

The Bowman Mill Covered Bridge, in Perry County, Ohio, is a multiple kingpost truss covered bridge which was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

Bowman Mill Covered Bridge
Photo from 2013, at Perry County Fairgrounds
Bowman Mill Covered Bridge is located in Ohio
Bowman Mill Covered Bridge
Nearest cityNew Reading, Ohio
Coordinates39°47′53″N 82°21′40″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Built byBowman, Lank
Architectural styleMultiple kingpost truss
NRHP reference No.78002169[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 8, 1978

It was a work of Lank Bowman. It has also been termed the Rush Creek Covered Bridge and the Readington Covered Bridge.[1]

It was located south of New Reading, on Winegardner Rd.[2][1]

It is now located in the Perry County Fairgrounds in Pike Township, at 39.720833°N 82.224250°W / 39.720833; -82.224250 (current location), at the intersection of Broadway (Ohio State Route 37) and Thorn Street near New Lexington.[3] It was moved to the fairgrounds in 1987[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1133. ISBN 9781878592705.
  3. Tourism Archived 2013-12-09 at the Wayback Machine, Perry County Chamber of Commerce, 2013. Accessed 2013-05-16.
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