Prentiss Bridge
The Prentiss Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Langdon, New Hampshire. Built about 1874, it spans Great Brook just east of the modern alignment of Chester Turnpike, which it carried until it was bypassed by a modern bridge in 1955.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Langdon Meeting House and Fall Mountain Regional High School.
Langdon Meeting House
Town hall
The Langdon Meeting House is a historic meeting house and former church at 5 Walker Hill Road in Langdon, New Hampshire. Completed in 1803 as a combination town hall and church, it is now a multifunction space owned by the town, and is claimed by the town to hold the record for consecutive town meetings held in the same space. Langdon Meeting House is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Prentiss Bridge.
Fall Mountain Regional High School
School
Fall Mountain Regional High School is a small high school located in Langdon, New Hampshire, in the United States. The school, part of School Administrative Unit 60 in New Hampshire, serves the towns of Langdon, Acworth, Alstead, Charlestown, and Walpole. Fall Mountain Regional High School is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Prentiss Bridge.
Shedd-Porter Memorial Library
Library
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The Shedd-Porter Memorial Library, located at 3 Main Street, is the public library of Alstead, New Hampshire. The library building was a gift to the town from John Graves Shedd and Mary Roenna Shedd, and is a Beaux Arts building built in 1910 to a design by William H. Shedd-Porter Memorial Library is situated 1½ miles east of Prentiss Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langdon and Alstead.
Langdon
Village
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Langdon is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 651 at the 2020 census.
Alstead
Village
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Alstead is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,864 at the 2020 census. Alstead is home to Feuer State Forest. Alstead is situated 1½ miles east of Prentiss Bridge.
Drewsville
Hamlet
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Drewsville is an unincorporated community in the town of Walpole in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The village is located in the northeastern corner of Walpole, just south of the valley of the Cold River. Drewsville is situated 1½ miles south of Prentiss Bridge.
Prentiss Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Also known as: “Drewsville Bridge”, “Langdon-Drewsville Covered Bridge”, and “New Hampshire Covered Bridge Number 19”
- Categories: covered bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Town of Langdon, Sullivan, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.15313° or 43° 9′ 11″ northLongitude
-72.39332° or 72° 23′ 36″ westElevation
538 feet (164 metres)Open location code
87M95J34+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 708079020OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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