Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge Explained

Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge
Nrhp Type2:cp
Nocat:yes
Nearest City:Stockton, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.4442°N -74.9664°W
Location:Rosemont-Sergeantsville Road over the Wickecheoke Creek
Architect:Charles Ogden Holcombe
Added:November 19, 1974
Partof:Covered Bridge Historic District
Designated Nrhp Type2:March 5, 1999
Partof Refnum:99000269
Refnum:74001165
Designated Other1 Name:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Abbr:NJRHP
Designated Other1 Link:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Date:July 1, 1974
Designated Other1 Number:1582[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. ffc94b

Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek near the border between the Hunterdon Plateau and Amwell Valley located in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. As the last historic covered bridge in the state of New Jersey, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1974 for its significance in engineering and transportation (the Scarborough Bridge in Cherry Hill is the only other covered bridge in New Jersey).[2] It was added as a contributing property to the Covered Bridge Historic District in 1999.

History

In 1805, Charles Sergeant bought the property in the area. After his death in 1833, the property was inherited by his son, Richard Green Sergeant, the namesake of the bridge. The bridge was constructed in 1872, designed by Charles Ogden Holcombe of Lambertville.[2] After being damaged in 1960, it was dismantled and replaced with a modern bridge.[3] In 1961, due to public outcry, the bridge was rebuilt from the original materials.[3] [4]

The bridge has been damaged numerous times over the course of its history by vehicles striking the bridge structure, most recently in 2013 when a truck damaged the support beams of the bridge.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hunterdon County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office . 4 . December 28, 2020 .
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=74001165}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge ]. National Park Service. Terry . Karschner . 1974 . With
  3. Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge Association, onsite descriptions
  4. News: Only N.J. covered bridge harkens back to bygone era . Frassinelli, Mike . . April 25, 2011 . August 18, 2014.
  5. News: Truck hits New Jersey's last historic covered bridge. Again. . Wright, Terry . . February 26, 2013 . August 18, 2014.