Neils Red Covered Bridge

      Neils Red Covered Bridge
      Neils Red Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
      Location: East of Garards Fort at the crossing of Whiteley Creek, Greene Township, Pennsylvania
      Coordinates: 39°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
      Area: 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
      Architectural style: Other, Burr arch
      Governing body: Local
      MPS: Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR
      NRHP Reference#: 79003817[1]
      Added to NRHP: June 22, 1979

      Neils Red Covered Bridge was a historic wooden covered bridge in Greene Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was a 86-foot-long (26 m), Burr Truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof, constructed in 1900. It crossed Whiteley Creek. 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]

      References

      1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. 
      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 (undated). "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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