Lower Shavertown Bridge

Lower Shavertown Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	682 Methol Rd., Methol, New York
Coordinates	41°55′24″N75°0′49″W / 41.92333°N 75.01361°W / 41.92333; -75.01361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1877
Architect	Jenkins, Anson; Neidig, Augustus
NRHP reference No.	99000504 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 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]

Front of the bridge

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

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, New York

References

1. "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: New York SP Lower Shavertown Covered Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 28, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• Lower Shavertown Bridge, at New York State Covered Bridge Society