Feature Article on Lockington Bridge.
TOPIC: LANDMARKS
Written by Jim Sayre in August, 1998
LONG-GONE BRIDGE REMAINS ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES |
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| Seventeen other Shelby County
historic sites are listed on the register: Anna Town Hall, Botkins Elementary School,
Emanuel Lutheran Church of Montra, Fulton Farm (residence of Society members Eric and Gay
Smith), Immaculate Conception Rectory in Botkins, People’s Federal Savings and
Loan Association, Port Jefferson School (gone), Sacred Heart of Jesus Rectory in
McCartyville, Shelby House in Botkins, Sidney
Courthouse Square Historic District, Sidney Walnut Avenue Historic District, Sidney
Waterworks and Electric Light Building (formerly owned by the Society), St. Michael
Catholic Church Complex in Fort Loramie, St. Patrick Catholic Church and Rectory in St.
Patrick, St. Remy Catholic Church in Russia, Whitby Mansion (GreatStone Castle), and Wilson-Lenox House on Houston Road (on the
property of Barbara and Marvin Ditmer). In contrast to the Lockington bridge, one defunct National Register site has been removed from the listing: Turtle Creek culvert and embankment west of New Bern (Dayton Daily News, July 2, 1998). |
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National Register of Historic Places More than 68,000 listings make up the National Register which was authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The program coordinates and supports public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect historic and archeological resources, according to the web site. The National Register cannot prevent owners from remodeling, altering, selling, or even demolishing a listed property. But, a register listing does contribute to preserving historic properties in several ways.
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