National Register of Historic Places
Old Stone Arch Bridge
Lewistown vicinity, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- April 18, 1979
- Type
- Structure
- Address
- Over Jack's Creek, Derry Township, Lewistown vicinity
- County
- Mifflin
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Contributing resources
- 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 40.58454, -77.55650
- Reference number
- 09000096
The story
Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com
The Old Stone Arch Bridge is a stone arch bridge over Jack's Creek in Derry Township, near Lewistown, Mifflin County, built in 1813 by architect Philip Diehl.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register under criterion A, with local-level significance in architecture and performing arts; the nomination gives its period of significance as 1800 to 1899, reflecting its 1813 construction.
Physical character
The bridge has a single semi-elliptical stone arch on long, curving abutments, with stone walls.
Historical context
The bridge stood on the Harrisburg to Lewistown section of the Harrisburg to Pittsburgh Turnpike, whose company was incorporated by an 1807 act and whose western end was completed in 1818. Currier and Ives depicted the bridge in 1860. It was repaired in 1930 and again in 1957.