Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge Explained

Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge
Location:1.7 miles west of Flint Hill on SR 1406 off SR 1408, Flint Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7654°N -79.9927°W
Built:c. -1900
Architecture:Town lattice-truss/queenpost
Added:January 20, 1972
Refnum:72000987

Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge was a wooden covered bridge that spanned a branch of the Little Uwharrie River in Randolph County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1885 and 1900, and measured 100 feet long. The bridge had a combination of Ithiel Town lattice truss and queenpost truss construction. It had a gable roof and board-and-batten siding.[1] It has been demolished.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John B. Wells, III. Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 1971. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.