{"nrhp_refnum":"01001398","name":"Old City Road Stone Arch Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Old City Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Welch Corners","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":43.164367500000026,"lon":-74.98513488599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 64-foot double-span limestone arch bridge carrying Old City Road over City Brook, about two miles north of Middleville in the town of Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York. It was built in 1898.","why_significant":"The bridge is described as a rare and substantially intact example of rural vernacular stone bridge design and construction in Herkimer County. It is one of only four surviving bridges of its type in the town of Fairfield. It reflects local transportation history and engineering using native limestone and local craftsmen, and it replaced an earlier span after the August 1898 flood.","narrative":"Spanning City Brook north of Middleville in Herkimer County, this double-arch limestone bridge was built in 1898 to carry a wagon road serving Old City, a rural mill community with seven water-powered factories along a half-mile of the brook. Two segmental arches of mortared, partly dressed limestone spring from the bedrock banks. The bridge is 64 feet long and 19 feet wide, with a stepped stone parapet. Town records show Law Brothers Contractors received the contract, while local tradition credits Charles and Eugene Todd, members of a family of stone masons. It was one of several stone bridges raised to replace spans lost in the severe August 1898 flood of the West Canada Creek valley. Local craftsmen used native limestone, a durable choice against spring floods. It is one of only four such bridges left in Fairfield and still carries light traffic, maintained by the town. It is valued as a rare, largely unaltered example of vernacular engineering and transportation history.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1898-1950","architect_builder":"Charles & Eugene Todd (builders)","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remains in use on its original alignment for light vehicular traffic and is maintained by the town of Fairfield.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.906087-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01001398.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318170","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7083698"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/old-city-road-stone-arch-bridge-01001398/"}