Elder's Mill Covered Bridge and Elder Mill | |
Coordinates: | 33.8031°N -83.3636°W |
Built: | 1897 |
Builder: | Richardson, Nathaniel; Hunt and Durham |
Added: | May 5, 1994 |
Area: | 6acres |
Refnum: | 94000389 |
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.
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 99feet long Town lattice truss covered bridge.[1]