Neils Red Covered Bridge

Neils Red Covered Bridge
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
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

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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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