Neils Red Covered Bridge
Neils Red Covered Bridge | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 The bridge in 1970 | |
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| Location | East of Garards Fort at the crossing of Whiteley Creek, Greene Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°48′43″N 80°0′50″W / 39.81194°N 80.01389°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Architectural style | Burr arch |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003817[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1979 |
| Removed from NRHP | March 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
[edit]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
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- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Red or Neals's or Neil's, Greene County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear - www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ "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.
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1900
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States
- Covered bridges in the United States destroyed by arson
- Former National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- 1900 establishments in Pennsylvania
- 1990 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
- 1990 crimes in the United States
- Buildings and structures destroyed in 1990