Cooley Covered Bridge

United States historic place

Cooley Covered Bridge

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city| Pittsford, Vermont
Coordinates| 43°41′24″N 73°1′45″W﻿ / ﻿43.69000°N 73.02917°W﻿ / 43.69000; -73.02917
Area| 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built| 1849 (1849)
Architect| Powers, Nicholas M.
Architectural style| Town lattice truss
NRHP reference No.| 74000251[1]
Added to NRHP| January 24, 1974

The Cooley Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that carries Elm Street across Furnace Brook in Pittsford, Vermont. Built in 1849, it is one of a small number of bridges in the state that has a well-documented association with the 19th-century master bridgewright Nicholas M. Powers, who grew up nearby. It is one of four surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

## Description and history

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The Cooley Covered Bridge is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Pittsford, carrying Elm Street across Furnace Brook, which at that point flows northwest toward Otter Creek. The bridge is a single-span Town lattice truss, with a span of 50.5 feet (15.4 m) and a total structure length of 66 feet (20 m), caused by portals that overhang the ends by 8 feet (2.4 m). The bridge is 18.5 feet (5.6 m) wide, with a roadway width of 15 feet (4.6 m) (one lane). The bridge originally rested on stone abutments, which have either been rebuilt or faced in concrete. It has a slate roof. The sides are sheathed in vertical board siding, which extends around the portal ends and partly to the inside of the structure. Portions of the trusses have been reinforced by doubling the timbers, and some iron bracing has been added to the bridge's underside.[2]

The bridge was built in 1849 by Nicholas M. Powers, who was born a farm not far from here. It is one of four bridges whose construction is known to have been executed or overseen by Powers, acknowledged as the state's best-known builder of covered bridges. It is also one of just four covered bridges in the town.[2]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutland County, Vermont
* List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
* List of Vermont covered bridges

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Cooley Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

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National Register of Historic Places in Rutland County, Vermont

National
Historic
Landmark|

* Brown Covered Bridge

Districts|

* Benson Village
* Brandon State School
* Brandon Village Historic District
* Castleton Village Historic District
* Danby Village Historic District
* East Poultney Historic District
* Fair Haven Green Historic District
* Gifford Woods State Park
* Hosford–Sherman Farm
* Kingsley Grist Mill Historic District
* Marble Street Historic District
* Middletown Springs Historic District
* Mission of the Church of Our Savior
* Mountain View Stock Farm
* Pittsford Green Historic District
* Poultney Main Street Historic District
* Rural Otter Creek Valley Historic District
* Rutland Courthouse Historic District
* Rutland Downtown Historic District
* Simeon Smith Mansion
* Tinmouth Historic District
* Wallingford Main Street Historic District

Buildings|

| Commercial|

* Clarendon House
* Hyde's Hotel
* Paramount Theater

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Education|

* H. H. Baxter Memorial Library
* Braintree School
* Castleton Medical College Building
* Hydeville School
* Immaculate Heart of Mary School
* Longfellow School
* Poultney Central School
* St. Stanislaus Kostka School and Convent House
* Sudbury School No. 3
* Watkins School
* Wells Village School

Government|

* Pawlet Town Hall
* West Rutland Town Hall

Industrial|

* Crowley Cheese Factory
* Kazon Building

Religious|

* Clarendon Congregational Church
* St. Stanislaus Kostka School and Convent House
* St. Peter's Church and Mount St. Joseph Convent Complex
* Sudbury Congregational Church
* West Haven Baptist Church

Residential|

* Nathan Allen House
* Allen-Castle House
* Chaffee-Moloney Houses
* Clementwood
* Asahel Kidder House
* Fox–Cook Farm
* Green Mountain Cottage
* Hager Farm
* Gen. Robinson Hall House
* Hulett Farm
* Laurel Glen Mausoleum-Laurel Hall
* Linden Terrace
* Thomas H. Palmer House
* Arthur Perkins House
* Proctor-Clement House
* Anthony Scoville House
* Simeon Smith House
* Homer Waldo Farm

Transportation|

* East Clarendon Railroad Station

Sites|

* Forest Dale Iron Furnace
* Fort Vengeance Monument Site
* Hubbardton Battlefield

Structures|

* Bridge 4
* Colburn Bridge
* Cold River Bridge
* Cooley Covered Bridge
* Dean Covered Bridge
* Depot Covered Bridge
* Gorham Covered Bridge
* Hammond Covered Bridge
* Kingsley Covered Bridge
* Marble Bridge
* Sanderson Covered Bridge

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutland County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
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