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Covered Bridges of Newtown Square & Willistown

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Newtown was once home to 5 covered bridges, all spanning Crum Creek. There were also 2 other bridges (not including the present-day Bartram) located in Willistown. They both crossed Ridley Creek.

COVERED BRIDGES IN NEWTOWN & WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIPS
Name Location Truss Built Removed
NEWTOWN “Castle Rock” West Chester PikeConnecting with Edgmont Kingpost unknown unknown
“Marshall” Gradyville RoadConnecting with Edgmont Burr unknown c1930
“Matlack” Bishop Hollow RoadConnecting with U. Providence Burr unknown unknown
“Bishop Hollow” Bishop Hollow Road unknown unknown unknown
“Bartram” (also known as” Stagers”) Goshen RoadNewtown & Willistown Burr 1860 -
WILLISTOWN “Garrett Papermill” Garrett Mill Road unknown 1866 c1881
“Garrett Papermill” Garrett Mill Road MultipleKingpost 1881 1933
“Johnson”(also known as: “Gradyville,” Delchester Delchester orConnecting with Edgmont MultipleKingpost 1858 1926

*Note: According to Arthur James’ book on Chester County covered bridges, the second Garrett’s Papermill Bridge “appeared” to have been built by Menander Wood and “two of his brothers.” We do not know if one of those brothers was Ferdinand Wood, the builder of Bartram Bridge


Although this photo of Bartram Covered Bridge came from Mr. Pryse’s collection, it is likely that he got it from an earlier collection of covered bridge photos. It is possible that the photo was taken in the 1920s or 1930s. The fact that no height clearance or weight limit signs are evident would help to support that belief. Source: Walter W. Pryse from the collection of George Conn.

Bartram Covered Bridge: Spanning History

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