Lippincott Covered Bridge
Lippincott Covered Bridge | |
 The bridge in July 2007 | |
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| Location | Off Pennsylvania Route 221 at the crossing of Ruff Creek, northeast of Waynesburg, Morgan Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′36″N 80°7′35″W / 39.94333°N 80.12639°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Architectural style | Kingpost truss |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003823[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1979 |
The Lippincott Covered Bridge (also known as the Cox Farm Covered Bridge) is an historic, American wooden covered bridge that is located in Morgan Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
History and architectural features
[edit]This historic structure is a 27.75-foot-long (8.46 m), King post, truss bridge with a shingle covered gable roof. Erected in 1943, it crosses Ruff 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]
References
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- ^ a b c "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" (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: Lippincott Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-07.
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1943
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Greene County, 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