Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge

Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge
Location 1.7 miles west of Flint Hill on SR 1406 off SR 1408, Flint Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°45′57″N 79°59′34″W / 35.76583°N 79.99278°W / 35.76583; -79.99278Coordinates: 35°45′57″N 79°59′34″W / 35.76583°N 79.99278°W / 35.76583; -79.99278
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built c. 1885 (1885)-1900
Architectural style Town lattice-truss/queenpost
NRHP Reference # 72000987[1]
Added to NRHP January 20, 1972

Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge was a wooden covered bridge that spanned a branch of the Little Uwharrie River in Randolph County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1885 and 1900, and measured 100 feet long. The bridge had a combination of Ithiel Town lattice truss and queenpost truss construction. It had a gable roof and board-and-batten siding.[2] It has been demolished.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. John B. Wells, III (May 1971). "Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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