Grimes Covered Bridge
Appearance
Grimes Covered Bridge | |
Location | Off Pennsylvania Route 221 at the crossing of Ruff Creek, north of Waynesburg, Washington Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°57′16″N 80°9′35″W / 39.95444°N 80.15972°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Architectural style | Kingpost truss |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79003820[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1979 |
The Grimes Covered Bridge was an historic, American wooden covered bridge that was located in Washington Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was destroyed by fire in 1992.
History and architectural features
[edit]This historic structure was a 31.75-foot-long (9.68 m), King post truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof. Built in 1888, it crossed Ruff Creek. In October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.[2]
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979,[1] it was destroyed in a fire in November 1992.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-02-07. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher and Charlotte K. Lane (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grimes Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ "Grimes, Greene County". Lostbridges.org. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-618, "Covered Bridge, Spanning Ruff Creek (Washington Township), Ruff Creek, Greene County, PA", 5 measured drawings, supplemental material
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1888
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- King post truss bridges in the United States