Neils Red Covered Bridge

Coordinates: 39°48′43″N 80°0′50″W / 39.81194°N 80.01389°W / 39.81194; -80.01389
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Neils Red Covered Bridge
MPS
Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR
NRHP reference No.79003817[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1979
Removed from NRHPMarch 22, 2018

The Neils Red Covered Bridge was an historic, American wooden covered bridge that was located in Greene Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] it was destroyed in an arson fire on June 19, 1990,[2] and was delisted from the National Register in 2018.

History and architectural features

This historic structure was an 86-foot-long (26 m), Burr Truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof, Built in 1900, it crossed Whiteley Creek. As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges that existed in Greene County.[3]

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979,[1] it was destroyed in an arson fire on June 19, 1990,[2] and was delisted from the National Register in 2018.

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Red or Neals's or Neil's, Greene County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear - www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2012. 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 February 7, 2012.