{"nrhp_refnum":"08000271","name":"Brand Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Brand Hollow Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Durham","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.405364888000065,"lon":-74.23911561999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small single-span dry-laid limestone arch bridge carrying Brand Hollow Road over a creek in the northwest corner of the town of Durham, near West Durham, Greene County, New York. It was built in 1892-93 by Jeremiah Cunningham.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is a representative example of rural vernacular stone bridge design and played a role in Durham's development. It is one of eight surviving stone arch bridges in the town built by Jeremiah Cunningham, the town highway commissioner from 1886 to 1896. It gave farmers access to the Susquehanna Turnpike and retains substantial integrity despite a metal culvert added to widen the road.","narrative":"This small stone arch bridge carries Brand Hollow Road over a creek in a rural corner of northwestern Durham, Greene County. Built in two stages during 1892 and 1893, it is a single-span, dry-laid limestone structure with a round arch that supports its original earthen roadbed. The arch measures eight feet wide and about four and one-half feet high and springs from stone footings. It was built to give local farmers access to the Susquehanna Turnpike, part of a major east-west route across this remote part of town. Jeremiah Cunningham, who served as highway commissioner from 1886 to 1896, built it; it is one of eight surviving stone arch bridges he built in Durham. A steel culvert was later inserted to widen the road, and stone fill on the south side keeps the appearance compatible. The north side was expanded, and the original arch is no longer visible there. The bridge is valued as a representative example of local stone bridge building and as part of the town's road network.","period_of_significance":"1892-93","architect_builder":"Jeremiah Cunningham, builder","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in road use; altered with a steel culvert inserted to widen the road, with stone fill added on the south side.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.539826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000271.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000271/9fafe3e47f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000271/9fafe3e47f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"RobertDrake2015","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brand_Hollow_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge_4-23-2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RobertDrake2015</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brand_Hollow_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge_4-23-2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317926","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_Hollow_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4956492"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/brand-hollow-road-stone-arch-bridge-08000271/"}