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Selectboard endorses application for historic sign at Thompson Covered Bridge
Summary
The board endorsed the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges’ application to the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for an interpretive sign at the Thompson Covered Bridge and asked the town administrator to write a letter of endorsement and provide location photos.
The Swanzey selectboard unanimously endorsed a proposal from the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges to apply for a William G. Pomeroy Foundation sign for the Thompson Covered Bridge.
Kim Chandler (speaker 10), a life member of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, and other society representatives described the Pomeroy program, which funds cast metal interpretive signs for structures on the National Register of Historic Places or historic transportation structures. The presenter explained the application requires a town endorsement letter, a location photo and GPS coordinates, and evidence of ownership or a landowner’s permission if the sign will be on private property.
Speaker 9 read a motion to endorse the society’s application and to direct the town administrator to draft an endorsement letter; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Board members discussed possible locations and whether town-owned land adjacent to the bridge would accommodate a sign. The society offered to help prepare the application and to supply installation guidance if the application is approved.
Why it matters: the grant-funded sign would provide interpretive context for the bridge and promote local history with no cost to the town for the sign itself; the town must commit to installing the marker and documenting facts used on the plaque.
What’s next: town staff will take photographs, confirm a precise public location and ownership status, and the town administrator will draft the endorsement letter required for the application.
