Laurel Creek Covered Bridge

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Laurel Creek Covered Bridge
Laurel Creek Covered Bridge - Night.jpg
Laurel Creek Covered Bridge, February 2009
Laurel Creek Covered Bridge is located in West Virginia
Laurel Creek Covered Bridge
LocationCounty Route 23/4 west of County Route 219/11, Lillydale, West Virginia
Coordinates37°33′40″N 80°37′36″W / 37.56111°N 80.62667°W / 37.56111; -80.62667Coordinates: 37°33′40″N 80°37′36″W / 37.56111°N 80.62667°W / 37.56111; -80.62667
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
Built byLewis Miller (stonework)
Robert Arnott (structure)
MPSWest Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.81000605[1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1981

Laurel Creek Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located near Lillydale, Monroe County, West Virginia. It was built in 1910. The shortest covered bridge in the state,[2] it measures 34 feet, 6 inches long and 13 feet, 2 1/2 inches wide. It has wood siding painted red and a galvanized metal roof. By 1981, it was one of only 17 covered bridges left in West Virginia.[3]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Adkins, Leonard M. (May 2, 2011). Explorer's Guide West Virginia (Second Edition). The Countryman Press. p. 27. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ^ E.L. Kemp (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Laurel Creek Covered Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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