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Designed and built by Lemuel Chenoweth, the bridge spans the Tygart Valley River. The Chenoweth home can be seen on the right. Lemuel Chenoweth was a renown architect and bridge designer in Western Virginia before the Civil War.

1. Covered Bridge at Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.

Hu and Anne Humphrey Maxwell pose for a photo.

2. Hu and Anne Humphrey Maxwell, from Tucker County, W.Va.

Information included with the photograph,"Hu Maxwell standing where Polly Stephenson's cabin was. All that remains of the cabin is a heap of stones which had been the chimney."

3. Hu Maxwell of Tucker County, W. Va.

Family photo at the Maxwell family reunion in Morgantown, W.Va.

4. Reunion at Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Family photo at Maxwell family reunion. Rufus Maxwell seated far right.

5. Reunion at Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell with best wished of S.V. Leech."

6. Portrait of S. V. Leech of Morgantown, W. Va.

Two members of the Maxwell family pose for a portrait.

7. Members of Maxwell Family from Tucker County, W.Va.

Portrait of Sarah Joanne Bonnfield Maxwell, wife of Rufus Maxwell, mother of Hu Maxwell and 11 others.

8. Sarah Joanne Bonnfield Maxwell from Tucker County, W.Va

Chenoweth was a architect, builder and well known for his covered bridge designs.He constructed many during the 1840's and 50's, including the Philippi (Barbour County) and Barrackville (Marion County) covered bridges.

9. Lemuel Chenoweth of Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.

Crozet was involved in the planning and construction of several antebellum period transportation projects in Western Virginia including the Northwest Turnpike (1832) and the Staunton - Parkersburg Turnpike (1848). Crozet was also one of the founders of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va.

10. Colonel Claude Crozet, 1790 - 1864, Chief Engineer of Virginia Board of Public Works

Portrait of Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Johnston.

11. Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Johnston of Davis, W.Va.

Rufus Maxwell and his wife Sarah Bonnefield Maxwell sit outside by the front open door, others are not identified. Photo taken at the old Maxwell home.

12. Portrait of Maxwell family, Parsons, W. Va.