Ely's Stone Bridge
Appearance
Ely's Stone Bridge | |
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Location | Stone Bridge Road Monticello, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 42°15′24″N 91°13′31″W / 42.25667°N 91.22528°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1893 |
Built by | Reuben Ely, Sr. and Reuben Ely, Jr. |
NRHP reference No. | 79000908[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 7, 1979 |
Ely's Stone Bridge is a bridge that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The bridge was built across Deer Creek in 1893 by Reuben Ely, Sr., a farmer, and his son Reuben Ely, Jr. The bridge is a three-span arch bridge made of stone from the stream bed and quarries in Anamosa, Iowa.[2]
There are no bridges like it in the area, and it seems to have been a "personal expression" of the stonemasons. The bridge was maintained by four generations of stonemasons in the family.[3]
The bridge had been tuckpointed in 1933 and 1957 and was assessed to be in excellent condition in 1979.[3]: 2 As of 2008, the foundation of the bridge had recently been reinforced with concrete.
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Jackson, Donald C. (1988). Great American Bridges and Dams. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 205. ISBN 0-471-14385-5.
- ^ a b M.H. Bowers (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ely's Stone Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-25. with two photos from 1978
Categories:
- Arch bridges in Iowa
- Bridges completed in 1893
- Bridges in Jones County, Iowa
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- National Register of Historic Places in Jones County, Iowa
- Stone arch bridges in the United States
- Southeast Iowa Registered Historic Place stubs
- Iowa bridge (structure) stubs