Laurel Creek Covered Bridge

Laurel Creek Covered Bridge

Laurel Creek Covered Bridge, February 2009
Location County Route 23/4 west of County Route 219/11, Lillydale, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°33′40″N 80°37′36″W / 37.56111°N 80.62667°W / 37.56111; -80.62667Coordinates: 37°33′40″N 80°37′36″W / 37.56111°N 80.62667°W / 37.56111; -80.62667
Area less than one acre
Built 1910
MPS West Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference # 81000605[1]
Added to NRHP June 4, 1981

Laurel Creek Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located near Lillydale, Monroe County, West Virginia. It was built in 1910. The shortest covered bridge in the state,[2] it measures 34 feet, 6 inches long and 13 feet, 2 1/2 inches wide. It has wood siding painted red and a galvanized metal roof. By 1981, it was one of only 17 covered bridges left in West Virginia.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Adkins, Leonard M. (May 2, 2011). Explorer's Guide West Virginia (Second Edition). The Countryman Press. p. 27. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ↑ E.L. Kemp (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Laurel Creek Covered Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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