County Farm Bridge
About this property
The County Farm Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge in Wilton, New Hampshire. Built in 1885, it carries Old County Farm over Whiting Brook, just south of its northern junction with Burton Highway in a rural section of northwestern Wilton. It is an unusually late and well-preserved example of a 19th-century stone arch bridge, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. Old County Farm Road was the main access road to the Hillsborough County Poor Farm, and is now an unmaintained class 6 road. The bridge consists of a single stone arch with a span just under 18 feet (5.5 m). It is lined with cut granite voussoirs 18 inches (46 cm) thick. The arch begins on land 7 feet (2.1 m) above the water, and the arch rises to a height of 15 feet 10 inches (4.8 m) above the typical water level. The arch is embedded in a causeway which is 430 feet (130 m) long and has a base width of 29 feet (8.8 m). The bridge was built in 1885 for the town by the Ward brothers of Lowell, Massachusetts, at a cost of $3,000. The Wards were well known for work they did on railroad bridges, which often employed stone arches. Stone for the bridge was quarried in Wilton, from a quarry that also supplied granite for public works projects in the town center. The bridge has been little altered since its construction: the arch was originally dry laid, but a number of joints in the barrel of the arch have subsequently been mortared with concrete. National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire Media related to County Farm Bridge (Wilton, New Hampshire) at Wikimedia Commons
Location
Categories
Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).
Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Everything a full report reveals about County Farm Bridge
This page lists County Farm Bridge. A full Aubrey report for an address near it pulls together this listing alongside battlefield records, land patents, and every other historical record within a chosen radius:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Questions about this property
When was County Farm Bridge listed on the National Register?
County Farm Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1981.
What type of historic resource is County Farm Bridge?
County Farm Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.
What is the period of significance for County Farm Bridge?
The period of significance for County Farm Bridge is recorded as the industrial era.
Can I research the history near County Farm Bridge?
Yes. Aubrey Research reports search National Register listings, battlefield records, land patents, and other primary historical sources within any radius of a US address. A report for an address near County Farm Bridge will include this listing and all other historical records in the area.
More in Hillsborough County
Historic places, battles, and census history across Hillsborough County.
Explore HillsboroughCounty ›More historic places in New Hampshire
Browse all historic places in New Hampshire.
View New Hampshirehistoric sites ›New Hampshire history
Colonial settlement, territorial period, and statehood narrative.
New Hampshirehistory ›Research the history near this site
An Aubrey US report for an address near County Farm Bridge will include this listing alongside battlefield records and other historical sources within your chosen radius.