{"nrhp_refnum":"75001528","name":"Geeting Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"2 mi. W of Lewisburg on Price Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lewisburg","county":"Preble County","state":"OH","lat":39.843725360000064,"lon":-84.59710076399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-span, 100-foot covered bridge on Price Road about two miles west of Lewisburg in Preble County, Ohio, built in 1894 by Evrett S. Sherman and owned by the county.","why_significant":"It is an example of the Childs truss, patented in 1846 by Horace Childs, which uses iron bars as diagonal counterbraces in a multiple kingpost frame. Ohio has the only known covered bridges of this type in the nation, and seven of the eight remaining are in Preble County. The nomination presents it as a unique example of Ohio's and the nation's engineering heritage.","narrative":"Spanning a creek on Price Road west of Lewisburg, this covered bridge in Preble County, Ohio, was built in 1894 by Evrett S. Sherman. It is a single 100-foot span on cut limestone abutments, with vertical board siding, a low-pitched shingled gable roof, and a 15-foot-wide roadway. Its structure follows the Childs truss, patented in 1846 by Horace Childs, which combines multiple kingpost framing with iron bars as diagonal counterbraces. Ohio holds the only known covered bridges of this type in the country, and seven of the eight survivors are in Preble County. Sherman, a New Hampshire native living in Eaton, built 15 bridges in the county over ten years after an 1886 storm washed out many crossings. He standardized his truss parts and prefabricated them in his Eaton bridge yard. The county has added an oak runway and small wall windows to deter vandalism.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (1894)","architect_builder":"Evrett S. Sherman","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered, on its original site; the county added an oak runway over the original beech floor beams, cut small windows in the side walls to discourage vandalism, and pointed the stone abutments with cement-sand stucco.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.994133-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001528.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001528/b53b6de300-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001528/b53b6de300-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geeting_Covered_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geeting_Covered_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991055","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeting_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5529988"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/preble-county/geeting-covered-bridge-75001528/"}