Neils Red Covered Bridge

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Neils Red Covered Bridge
NEILS RED COVERED BRIDGE.jpg
The bridge in 1970
Neils Red Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Neils Red Covered Bridge
LocationEast of Garards Fort at the crossing of Whiteley Creek, Greene Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°48′43″N 80°0′50″W / 39.81194°N 80.01389°W / 39.81194; -80.01389Coordinates: 39°48′43″N 80°0′50″W / 39.81194°N 80.01389°W / 39.81194; -80.01389
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architectural styleBurr arch
MPSCovered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR
NRHP reference No.79003817[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1979
Removed from NRHPMarch 22, 2018

Neils Red Covered Bridge was a historic wooden covered bridge in Greene Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was an 86-foot-long (26 m), Burr Truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof, constructed in 1900. It crossed . As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] it was destroyed in an arson fire on June 19, 1990,[3] and was delisted from the National Register in 2018.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher and Charlotte K. Lane (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Neils Red Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  3. ^ "Red or Neals's or Neil's, Greene County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear - www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved March 1, 2013.


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