Dean Covered Bridge

United States historic place

Dean Covered Bridge

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city| Brandon, Vermont
Coordinates| 43°46′43″N 73°5′51″W﻿ / ﻿43.77861°N 73.09750°W﻿ / 43.77861; -73.09750
Area| 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built| 1840 (1840)
Architectural style| Town lattice truss
NRHP reference No.| 74000252[1]
Added to NRHP| September 10, 1974

The Dean Covered Bridge was a Town lattice truss covered bridge, carrying Union Street across Otter Creek in Brandon, Vermont. Built in 1840, it was one of Vermont's oldest covered bridges at the time of its destruction in 1986 by an arsonist. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was replaced by a modern steel and concrete bridge.

## Description and history[edit]

The Dean Covered Bridge was located about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the center of Brandon Village. Union Street is a local road, providing access from the village to the rural southwestern part of the town, and crosses Otter Brook on a roughly northeast-southwest alignment. The bridge was a single-span Town lattice truss structure with an overall length of 132 feet (40 m) and a truss length of 121 feet (37 m). It was 21.5 feet (6.6 m) wide, with a roadway width of 18 feet (5.5 m). Laminated stringers had been tied to its underside to add strength, as were iron sway braces. The exterior of the bridge was finished in flush vertical board siding, and it had a gabled slate roof.[2]

The bridge was built about 1838, and was (along with the Sanderson Covered Bridge) one of two surviving 19th-century covered bridges in Brandon at the time of its listing on the National Register in 1974.[2] The bridge was destroyed by an arsonist in 1986,[3] and has been replaced by a modern steel and concrete bridge.

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Dean Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
3. ^ "Not Arson". VermontBridges.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.

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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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