{"nrhp_refnum":"07001038","name":"Beaverkill Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"CR 30 over Beaverkill Cr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beaverkill","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.98143046600006,"lon":-74.83614106499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-10-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 98-foot single-span wooden covered bridge carrying a county road over Beaverkill Creek at the hamlet of Beaverkill, town of Rockland, Sullivan County, New York. It was built in 1865 on dry-laid stone abutments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is a distinctive, intact example of a nineteenth-century Town lattice truss bridge in the northern Catskills. It uses an unusual variation with three extra diagonal members at each end, which the form says is known only in bridges attributed to its builder in New York State. It also reflects the development of the Beaverkill Valley, from logging and tanning to recreational fishing and camping.","narrative":"Spanning Beaverkill Creek in the northern Catskills, this 98-foot wooden covered bridge was built in 1865 and still carries a county road in Sullivan County, New York. It is a single-span Town lattice truss, with diagonal planks joined by wooden pins, sheathed in vertical boards and topped by a metal roof. Three extra diagonal members at each end of the truss give added strength, a variation the nomination says is known only in bridges tied to its attributed builder, John Davidson, a local carpenter-builder, although the attribution rests on later family letters and other accounts. The bridge sits in a valley once shaped by logging and tanning and later known for trout fishing, and a state campground grew up around it in the early twentieth century. Despite later concrete work on the abutments and replacement of the roof and ramp planking in the 1960s, the original truss remains highly intact. It was listed for its engineering, transportation and recreation associations.","period_of_significance":"1865","architect_builder":"John Davidson, builder","architectural_style":"no style (Town lattice truss bridge)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Retains a high level of integrity and continues to function as part of the local transportation system and as a scenic attraction; changes include concrete facing on the west abutment (1958), a concrete cap on the east abutment, and replacement of the approach ramp planks and the roof in the 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.404429-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07001038.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001038/8b3de91705-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001038/8b3de91705-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaverkill_Covered_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaverkill_Covered_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322335","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaverkill_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4878249"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/beaverkill-covered-bridge-07001038/"}