Herns Mill Covered Bridge

Herns Mill Covered Bridge
Herns Mill Covered Bridge, November 2007
Location: County Route 40 near its junction with County Route 60/11, near Lewisburg, West Virginia
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1884
Architectural style: Other, Queen Post Truss
Governing body: State
MPS: West Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference#: 81000598[1]
Added to NRHP: June 4, 1981

Herns Mill Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1884, and is a Queen post truss bridge measuring 10 feet, 6 inches wide and 53 feet, 8 inches long. It has red board-and-batten siding and a galvanized sheet metal roof. It was built to provide access to the S.S. Herns Mill, when it was in operation. It is one of two remaining covered bridges in Greenbrier County, the other being Hokes Mill Covered Bridge.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ E.L. Kemp (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Herns Mill Covered Bridge". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/greenbrier/81000598.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-05.