Warnke Covered Bridge

	Warnke Covered Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Lewisburg, Ohio
Coordinates	39°52′26″N 84°30′53″W / 39.87389°N 84.51472°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1895
Built by	Everett S. Sherman
Architectural style	One-span Childs truss
NRHP reference No.	76001518
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1976

The Warnke Covered Bridge, also known as Warnke Bridge, is a historic covered bridge crossing Swamp Creek in Harrison Township, Preble County, Ohio, northeast of Lewisburg. Built from 1895 to 1896 by Everett S. Sherman, it has a span of 51 feet.^[2]^[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

In 1895, a flood damaged the steel truss bridge that had been built at the same location. Sherman built a new "Childs Truss covered Bridge." He purchased the stone for the abutments from the Lewisburg quarry.^[2] The bridge was named for a family who lived nearby.^[3]

The Warnke Bridge was the last bridge built by Sherman.^[4] After the bridge was completed, Sherman moved to Richmond, Indiana, and died shortly thereafter.^[2]

The original cost of the bridge was $459. Rehabilitation work undertaken in 2008 cost $240,924.25.^[2] At one time, Preble County had 50 covered bridges. Seven of them, including the Warnke Covered Bridge, remain.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Warnke Covered Bridge: Located on Swamp Creek Road over Swamp Creek". Preble County Engineer's Office.
^ ^a ^b "Warnke Covered Bridge". Destination Preble.
^ frederdl. "Warnke Bridge". Miami University Centralized Web Host.
^ Elma Lee Moore (2010). Ohio's Covered Bridges. Arcadia Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 978-0738584300.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[PCE-2] "Warnke Covered Bridge: Located on Swamp Creek Road over Swamp Creek". Preble County Engineer's Office.

[Preble-3] "Warnke Covered Bridge". Destination Preble.

[muohio-4] rederdl. "Warnke Bridge". Miami University Centralized Web Host.

[5] Elma Lee Moore (2010). Ohio's Covered Bridges. Arcadia Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 978-0738584300.

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