Hays Bridge Historic District

Hays Bridge Historic District
Covered bridge in the district
LocationEast of Mercersburg on Pennsylvania Routes 331 and 328, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°47′19″N 77°51′15″W / 39.78861°N 77.85417°W / 39.78861; -77.85417
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1820
Built byS. Stouffer
Architectural styleBurr truss
NRHP reference No.78002402[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 31, 1978

The Hays Bridge Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

History and architectural features

The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The buildings are a three-story, five-bay limestone house and bank barn, which date to the early-nineteenth century. The structures are an early nineteenth-century stone double arch bridge and a Burr Truss covered bridge which date to 1883. The covered bridge, known as Ped Bridge or Witherspoon Bridge, is eighty-seven feet long and fourteen feet wide, with a corrugated metal roof. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Franklin County.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Paula Stoner Dickey (July 1977). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Hays Bridge Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 20, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)