Barrackville Covered Bridge

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Barrackville Covered Bridge
Barrackville Covered Bridge - Side in Winter.jpg
Barrackville Covered Bridge is located in West Virginia
Barrackville Covered Bridge
LocationWV 21, over Buffalo Creek, Barrackville, West Virginia
Coordinates39°30′21″N 80°10′5″W / 39.50583°N 80.16806°W / 39.50583; -80.16806Coordinates: 39°30′21″N 80°10′5″W / 39.50583°N 80.16806°W / 39.50583; -80.16806
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1853
ArchitectChenoweth, Lemuel
Architectural styleBurr truss
MPSWest Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.73001921[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 30, 1973

The Barrackville Covered Bridge spans 145 feet (44 m) in a single span across Buffalo Creek near Barrackville, West Virginia. Built in 1853 by local bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth, the structure is a modified arched Burr truss, with siding added twenty years after the bridge's construction.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ E.L. Kemp (December 21, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Barrackville Covered Bridge" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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