Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge

Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge
Interior
Location Southwest of Fairfield on Legislative Route 01053, near Iron Springs, Hamiltonban Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°46′1″N 77°23′13″W / 39.76694°N 77.38694°W / 39.76694; -77.38694Coordinates: 39°46′1″N 77°23′13″W / 39.76694°N 77.38694°W / 39.76694; -77.38694
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architect Smith, Joseph
Architectural style Other, Burr truss
MPS Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR
NRHP reference # 80003397[1]
Added to NRHP August 25, 1980

The Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge (officially known as the G. Donald McLaughlin Memorial Covered Bridge) is a historic covered bridge in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1890, and is a 75-foot-long (23 m), Burr truss bridge with narrow horizontal siding and a tin covered gable roof. The bridge crosses Tom's Creek. It is one of 17 covered bridges in Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

View from the north

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties Thematic Resources (Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge)" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2011.


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