Hokes Mill Covered Bridge

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Hokes Mill Covered Bridge
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LocationCounty Route 62 at Hokes Mill crossing of Second Creek, Ronceverte, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°41′50″N80°31′30″W / 37.69722°N 80.52500°W / 37.69722; -80.52500 Coordinates: 37°41′50″N80°31′30″W / 37.69722°N 80.52500°W / 37.69722; -80.52500
Arealess than one acre
Built1897–1899
Architectural styleLong Truss
MPS West Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No. 81000599 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1981

Hokes Mill Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge at Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built over Second Creek between 1897 and 1899, and measures 12 feet wide and 81.6 feet long. It has red board-and-batten siding and a standing seam metal roof. It is one of two remaining covered bridges in Greenbrier County, the other being Herns Mill Covered Bridge. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. E.L. Kemp (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hokes Mill Covered Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.

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