{"nrhp_refnum":"07001365","name":"Allan Teator Road Stone Arch Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Allan Teator Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Durham","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.407512833000055,"lon":-74.21966980599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-span, dry-laid limestone arch bridge built in 1892 on Allan Teator Road near West Durham, in the town of Durham, Greene County, New York. It crosses a tributary of Catskill Creek and now sits on a farm.","why_significant":"The bridge is a representative example of rural vernacular stone bridge design and shows how roads and bridges supported the development of the town of Durham. It is one of eight surviving stone arch bridges in the town built by highway commissioner Jeremiah Cunningham. It is also a rare masonry bridge of its period that keeps its original earthen roadbed and has never been widened.","narrative":"A small limestone arch bridge in a wooded corner of northwestern Durham, Greene County, New York, carries Allan Teator Road over a tributary of Catskill Creek. Built in 1892, it is a single dry-laid span seven feet wide, with a round arch eight feet across and six feet high, springing from natural footings. It was built to give farmers in this remote area access to the Susquehanna Turnpike. Jeremiah Cunningham, the town's highway commissioner from 1886 to 1896, built it; eight of his stone arch bridges survive in the town. In the 1990s a new road and bridge were built about twenty feet downstream, so the old crossing no longer carries through traffic and now lies on a farm. It still supports its original earthen roadbed and has never been widened, which is unusual for a masonry bridge of its age. These qualities, along with its role in the town's transportation network, led to its listing for transportation and engineering significance.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":"Jeremiah Cunningham, builder","architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"No longer carries through traffic since a new road and bridge were built about twenty feet downstream in the 1990s; the original earthen roadbed is no longer in use and the bridge retains an exceptionally high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.649323-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07001365.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001365/aa2201c79d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001365/aa2201c79d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RobertDrake2015","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allan_Teator_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge_4-23-2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RobertDrake2015</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allan_Teator_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge_4-23-2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317922","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Teator_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4731000"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/allan-teator-road-stone-arch-bridge-07001365/"}