Saturday, August 8, 2020

HARSHAVILLE COVERED BRIDGE - SEAMAN, OHIO











                                                                              CHERRY FORK OHIO BRUSH CREEK
                                                                                                  ADAMS COUNTY
                                                                                                       BUILT - 1855

Length - 110' ....SSE of Seaman, Oliver Township. OH247 SSE 1.5 miles from jct with OH32 on the south side of Seaman, E. on Graces Run Rd. 1.35 miles to the bridge. Bridge was named for the Harsha family that built a mill in that community. In the summer of 1863, in a campaign known as Morgan's Raid, raiders from the Confederate Army, led by John Hunt crossed the bridge and ransacked the Harshaville general store and burned many of the surrounding bridges but spared the Harshaville Covered Bridge. Bridge was rehabilitated in 1960 and again in 2010. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-01-02

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