{"nrhp_refnum":"74001419","name":"Stonelick Covered Bridge","other_names":["Perintown Covered Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"E of Perintown","address_restricted":false,"city":"Perintown","county":"Clermont County","state":"OH","lat":39.13129697900007,"lon":-84.18714738299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-span wooden Howe truss covered bridge crossing Stonelick Creek on County Road 16, about 2.5 miles east of Perintown in Stonelick Township, Clermont County, Ohio. It was built in 1878.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the last covered bridge in Clermont County and one of only 18 Howe trusses left in Ohio, and calls it one of the finest Howe trusses in the state. It also illustrates the Howe truss, which replaced wooden uprights with adjustable iron rods and ended the all-wood bridge truss. Its sturdy condition and picturesque appearance are also noted.","narrative":"Spanning Stonelick Creek on County Road 16, about two and a half miles east of Perintown, this wooden covered bridge was built in 1878. It is a 12-panel Howe truss, 140 feet long overall, with a sheet metal roof, vertical siding and stone abutments. The Howe design, patented in 1840, used adjustable iron rods in place of wooden uprights, so a sagging bridge could be tightened and straightened. That change ended the era of the all-wood truss. The bridge appears in an 1880 county history sketch showing the Patchell Farm. It is painted deep red with battened siding and portals. It is the last covered bridge in Clermont County and one of only 18 Howe trusses left in Ohio. The county repaired it in 1970 and 1971, replacing the roof, end posts, flooring and decayed chord ends and reinforcing the abutments with concrete. The county engineer says repairs use materials matching the original construction.","period_of_significance":"1878","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Howe truss covered bridge","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by Clermont County; repairs were made in 1970 and 1971 (new roof, end posts, flooring, painting, reinforced abutments), and the form marks the bridge as in use for transportation with preservation work in progress.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:08.947298-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001419.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001419/557d3406e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001419/557d3406e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Deron Meranda","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_the_Stonelick_Covered_Bridge,_now_closed_to_all_traffic.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Deron Meranda</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:Entrance_to_the_Stonelick_Covered_Bridge,_now_closed_to_all_traffic.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987150","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonelick_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7619266"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clermont-county/stonelick-covered-bridge-74001419/"}