Elder's Mill Covered Bridge and Elder Mill

4/5 mi. S of jct. of Elder Mill Rd. and GA 15, Watkinsville, Georgia. County/parish: Oconee.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 05, 1994. NRIS 94000389.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Elder's Mill Covered Bridge and Elder Mill

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 99 feet (30 m) long Town lattice truss covered bridge.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209200

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