Cemetery Road Bridge

Cemetery Road Bridge
Location Candlewood Dr. within Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Illinois
Coordinates 40°41′51″N 89°24′41″W / 40.69750°N 89.41139°W / 40.69750; -89.41139Coordinates: 40°41′51″N 89°24′41″W / 40.69750°N 89.41139°W / 40.69750; -89.41139
Area less than one acre
Built 1894 (1894)
Built by Habluetzel, Jacob
Architect Rickman, Frederick
Architectural style Stone double arch bridge
NRHP reference # 98000467[1]
Added to NRHP May 20, 1998

Cemetery Road Bridge is a historic bridge located in Glendale Cemetery in Washington, Illinois. The double stone arch bridge is 27 feet (8.2 m) long and carries Cemetery Road across the south branch of Farm Creek. Engineer Frederick Rickman designed the bridge for the City of Washington in 1893, and it was built the following year by stonemason Jacob Habluetzel. Habluetzel built the bridge from square cut blocks of ashlar stone. The bridge is the best-preserved bridge of its type in Tazewell County and is the only stone arch bridge in the area that is still supported solely by its arches.[2]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Kenyon, Leslie H.; Ulrich, Amelia (December 18, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cemetery Road Bridge" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved September 25, 2015.


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