Staats Mill Covered Bridge - Jackson County, West Virginia
N 38° 47.682 W 081° 41.221
17S E 440338 N 4294218
Staats Mill Covered Bridge(48-18-04) is located at Cedar Lake State Conference Center. It was moved here in 1983 from its original site over Tug Fork of Mill Creek.
Waymark Code: WM11HY8
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2019
Views: 16
Built in 1887 over Tug Fork of Mill Creek and named for Enoch Statts' mill. Jackson Co. Court paid local builder H.T. Hartley $904 to erect "Long" truss wooden superstructure. Total cost of original 97 ft. bridge with stone abutments and approaches was $1724. Removed from Staats Mill and restored to original specifications on new abutment at this site in 1983 cost in excess of $104,000.
Current Condition of Bridge: good
Description of Covered Bridge:
The Staats Mill Covered Bridge near Ripley, West Virginia, in Jackson County, spans a pond at Cedar Lakes State Conference Center. The bridge is a 97-foot-long “long truss” built by Henry Hartley in 1888 over Mill Creek near Statts Mills, approximately eight miles southeast of its present location. It was moved in 1983 to rescue it from construction of a flood-prevention lake.
Year Built: 1887
Location (Road - City - State - Country): Ripley, West Virginia USA
Web Address: Not listed
Parking (If not at the bridge):: Not listed
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