Barrackville Covered Bridge
United States historic place
Barrackville Covered Bridge | |
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39°30′21″N 80°10′5″W / 39.50583°N 80.16806°W / 39.50583; -80.16806 | |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
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| Built | 1853 |
| Architect | Chenoweth, Lemuel |
| Architectural style | Burr truss |
| MPS | West Virginia Covered Bridges TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001921[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 30, 1973 |
The Barrackville Covered Bridge spans 145 feet (44 m) in a single span across Buffalo Creek near Barrackville, West Virginia. Built in 1853 by local bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth, the structure is a modified arched Burr truss, with siding added twenty years after the bridge's construction.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
See also
- Philippi Covered Bridge, also built by Chenoweth
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
- List of West Virginia covered bridges
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ E.L. Kemp (December 21, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Barrackville Covered Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service.
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External links
Media related to Barrackville Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-8, "Barrackville Covered Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Creek on Pike Street, Barrackville, Marion County, WV", 23 photos, 1 color transparency, 3 measured drawings, 30 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
- "Barrackville Covered Bridge". Clio.
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