Bells Mills Covered Bridge
Appearance
Bells Mills Covered Bridge | |
![]() Bells Mills Bridge, 1939 | |
Location | West of Yukon, Sewickley Township and South Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°13′9″N 79°42′37″W / 40.21917°N 79.71028°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1850 |
Built by | McCain, Daniel |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80003648[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 27, 1980 |
Bells Mills Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in Sewickley Township and South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.[2] It is a 95-foot-long (29 m), Burr truss bridge, constructed in 1850. It features pedimented gables and plain pilasters in the Greek Revival style. It crosses Sewickley Creek.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Wertz, Marjorie (June 28, 2012). "Sewickley Township span one of county's best-known landmarks". TribLIVE.com. Tarentum, Pennsylvania: Trib Total Media. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "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 2012-06-11. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher and Hazel Adams (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bells Mills Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
External links
[edit] Media related to Bells Mill Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-415, "Bells Mill Bridge, Sewickley Creek, West Newton, Westmoreland County, PA", 2 photos, 3 measured drawings, 2 data pages, supplemental material
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania
- Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1850
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States