Lower Shavertown Bridge

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Lower Shavertown Covered Bridge
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Location682 Methol Rd., Methol, New York
Coordinates 41°55′24″N75°0′49″W / 41.92333°N 75.01361°W / 41.92333; -75.01361 Coordinates: 41°55′24″N75°0′49″W / 41.92333°N 75.01361°W / 41.92333; -75.01361
Arealess than one acre
Built1877
ArchitectJenkins, Anson; Neidig, Augustus
NRHP reference No. 99000504 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1999

Lower Shavertown Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over Trout Creek in the town of Hancock in Delaware County, New York, USA. It was originally erected in the hamlet of Shaverton in 1877 as a crossing of Lower Beech Hill Brook, and moved to its present location at Methol in 1954. It is 32 feet long and is a wood-plank-framed, gable-roofed, single-span bridge. It is one of 29 covered bridges in New York State. [2]

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Front of the bridge

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Raymond W. Smith (March 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lower Shavertown Covered Bridge". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-02-14.See also: "Accompanying three photos".