Does anyone know the family of the Charlie Vaughan who built the bridge in 1914? Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Stanley" <barbstanley@cox.net> To: <VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 10:21 AM Subject: [VAPATRICK] Fwd: [freestateofpatrick] Patrick County's Covered Bridges > >>From: "freestateofpatrick" <freestateofpatrick@yahoo.com>> >>Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:54:11 -0000 >>Subject: [freestateofpatrick] Patrick County's Covered Bridges >> >>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 >>COVERED BRIDGE SOCIETY MEETING: to establish a chapter in the >>Martinsville, Danville and Stuart and Collinsville area, anyone >>interested should attend the meeting, for information contact Leola >>B. Pierce or Steve Pierce at 4114 Forresthills Dr., Portsmouth, Va. >>23703; (757) 484-4404 or email VaBridgeLady@aol.com; noon, Ryan's >>Family Steak House, 361 Commonwealth Blvd., Martinsville. >> >>Covered Bridge Society Of Virginia >> >>COVERED BRIDGE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA, INC. >>4114 Forrest hills Drive, Portsmouth, Va. 23703 phone 757-484-4404 >><http://www.cbsva.org/>www.CBSVA.org >> >> >>Patrick County's Covered Bridges >> >> Walter G. Weaver of Woolwine, Virginia, liked to design and >>build bridges. In fact, the saw miller, blacksmith and carpenter >>liked to do almost anything with wood whether it was bridges or >>coffins. When he died in 1948 there were four bridges in Patrick >>County that he had designed or built still standing. Two were over >>Rock Castle Creek, one where Route 40 passes over the stream and >>another on Widgeon Road. While neither of them is standing today, two >>other of Weaver's bridges still stand, two of the seven original >>covered bridges in Virginia. >> Charlie Vaughan of Buffalo Ridge built the Jack's Creek >>Covered Bridge in 1914. Walter Weaver designed and Peter C. Brammer >>roofed the structure. The bridge is 48 feet long and 13 feet wide and >>sits near Route 615 two miles south of Woolwine just off Route 8. It >>served Jack's Creek Primitive Baptist Church until a modern bridge >>replaced it in 1932. In 1969, the Woolwine Ruritan Club raised money >>for repairs, painting and roofing material. In 1973, the Patrick >>County Board of Supervisors took action to save the bridge getting a >>matching grant from the Virginia Landmarks Commission to restore the >>bridge. >> Weaver designed and built the Bob White Covered Bridge in >>1921. Named for the Bob White Post Office and a quail, whose call >>sounds like "Bob White." The bridge was in service for the Smith >>River Church of the Brethren on Route 708 until 1981 when a new road >>was built. Patrick County took responsibility for the structure that >>same year. The bridge has two spans and is 80 foot long with concrete >>abutments at the end and a solid concrete pier in the center. >>Visitors can reach the bridge by taking Route 618 1 ½ half miles >>south of Woolwine off Route 8 and then to Route 869. The bridge's >>trademark arundo grass grows around the bridge in the summer. >> Both of Patrick County's Covered Bridges were placed on the >>Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic >>Places in 1973. The Patrick County Historical Society and the county >>government take care of the bridges. > > > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick Co., Va. Genealogy (VaGenWeb) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ >