Elder's Mill Covered Bridge and Elder Mill | |
Nearest city | Watkinsville, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 33°48′11″N83°21′49″W / 33.80306°N 83.36361°W |
Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Built | 1897 |
Built by | Richardson, Nathaniel; Hunt and Durham |
NRHP reference No. | 94000389 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 5, 1994 |
Elder's Mill Covered Bridge and Elder Mill is a covered bridge near Watkinsville, Georgia, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]
It is located on Elder Mill Rd., 4/5 mi. south of its junction with GA 15. The listing includes the covered bridge built in 1897 and a c.1900 three-story wood-frame mill building. The bridge was built in 1897 by Nathaniel Richardson to bring the Watkinsville-Athens Road across Call Creek in Clarke County, and was moved in 1924 to its current location spanning Rose Creek in Oconee County. The bridge is a 99 feet (30 m) long Town lattice truss covered bridge. [2]
Watson Mill Bridge State Park is a 1,018-acre (4.12 km2) Georgia state park located near Comer and Carlton on the South Fork of the Broad River. The park is named for the Watson Mill Bridge the longest original-site covered bridge in Georgia, which spans 229 feet (70 m) across the South Fork of the Broad River. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Watson Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Historic District. The bridge, built in 1885, is supported by a Town lattice truss system held together with wooden pegs also known as trunnels. Georgia once had over 200 covered bridges, but only 20 now remain. The park also offers a scenic nature trail and a new hiking/riding trail that winds through the thick forests and along the rivers edge.
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