- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Untitled Stone Mountain Covered Bridge historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb County
Covered bridges--Georgia--Stone Mountain - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located at the west end of the bridge at Stone Mountain Park
Text of marker: ""Covered bridges" or "lattice bridges" were common throughout the Eastern U.S. during the nineteenth century. This bridge formerly spanned the North Fork of the Oconee River in the city of Athens, Ga., connecting College Avenue and Hobson Avenue. Clarke County Ordinary S. M. Herrington let a building contract 26 March, 1891, for $2,470, to W. W. King. It cost $18,000 to move the bridge from Athens, 60 miles, to this point. Bridges like this were refuge for travelers during storms, courting couples, and robbers who hid themselves on the overhead timbers and dropped down on the unsuspecting victim." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_untitled-stone-mountain-covered-bridge
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_untitled-stone-mountain-covered-bridge
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
