Fowlersville Covered Bridge Explained

Fowlersville Covered Bridge
Coordinates:41.0553°N -76.3275°W
Built:1886
Builder:Charles King
Architecture:Queen Post design
Added:November 29, 1979
Refnum:79003182

The Fowlersville Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located in North Centre Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is a 40adj=midNaNadj=mid, Queen Post Truss bridge with board-and-batten siding constructed in 1886. It originally crossed West Branch Briar Creek. In 1986 the bridge was moved to Briar Creek Park in North Centre Township. Coordinates the bridge's current location appear at the end of the article. It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The coordinates above refer to the bridge's original location, its new location is 41.0608°N -76.2836°W.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-01-21. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000379_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fowlersville Covered Bridge]. 2012-01-19. Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher. PDF. n.d..
  2. Web site: Fowlersville Bridge . Columbia County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . December 12, 2012 .