{"nrhp_refnum":"09000134","name":"Woodward Road Stone Arch Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Woodward Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"E. Durham","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.371406000000036,"lon":-74.09615599999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-span, dry-laid limestone arch bridge carrying Woodward Road over a small tributary of the Cornwallville Creek in the hamlet of East Durham, town of Durham, Greene County, New York. It was built about 1887 and is attributed to Jeremiah Cunningham.","why_significant":"The bridge is presented as a representative example of rural vernacular stone bridge design in the town of Durham and as part of the town's road and bridge network, which supported its settlement and development. In materials, size, form and construction method it resembles bridges built by Jeremiah Cunningham, highway commissioner from 1886 to 1896. It retains substantial integrity.","narrative":"A small limestone arch carries Woodward Road across a tributary of the Cornwallville Creek in East Durham, Greene County. Built about 1887, the bridge has a single rounded arch with a seven-foot span, a height of seven feet and a width of eight feet. Its stones are dry-laid, with no mortar, and spring from large stone footings. A steel culvert was added to allow for road widening, but the original roadbed remains. The bridge is attributed to Jeremiah Cunningham, a local farmer who served as Durham's highway commissioner from 1886 to 1896 and built thirteen stone arch bridges. It resembles his other work in material, size, form and method. Durham's hilly terrain and many streams made bridges essential for linking farms, mills, turnpikes and hamlets. Wooden bridges were often lost to floods, while local limestone arches proved durable. This crossing connected East Durham with the settlement of Centreville to the south, and it is valued as an example of regional vernacular engineering.","period_of_significance":"c1886-c1896","architect_builder":"Jeremiah Cunningham (attributed)","architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still carries its original roadbed and has been widened with a steel culvert to accommodate road widening; the road is in current transportation use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.660118-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000134.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000134/39956443ef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000134/39956443ef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RobertDrake2015","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodward_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge_8-12-2016.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:Woodward_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge_8-12-2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318084","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward_Road_Stone_Arch_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8033583"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/woodward-road-stone-arch-bridge-09000134/"}