{"nrhp_refnum":"76000619","name":"Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge","other_names":["Nails Creek Covered Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"8 mi. S of Carnesville at Nails Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carnesville","county":"Franklin County","state":"GA","lat":34.274960554000074,"lon":-83.26567408199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-08-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-span, fully covered wooden bridge over Nails Creek, about eight miles south of Carnesville in Franklin County, Georgia, built in 1907 and owned by the county.","why_significant":"The bridge is a surviving example of the Town Lattice truss, one of 13 in Georgia and one of 21 covered bridges left in the state. It is named for the Cromer family, who settled at the site in 1845 and ran a woolen mill nearby. Reviewers noted it is the only covered bridge left in the county.","narrative":"Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge crosses Nails Creek about eight miles south of Carnesville in Franklin County, Georgia. Built in 1907 under a county contract won by James M. Hunt with a low bid of $1,623, it is a single 111-foot span of rough-sawn heart pine in the Town Lattice design, with stone abutments built by Will Cromer. The name comes from the Cromer family, who settled on the creek in 1845 and ran a woolen mill downstream before the Civil War; a cotton gin, flour mill and saw mill later operated nearby, all ceasing by 1943. Few alterations have been made: a metal roof replaced wooden shingles, restrictive portals were added, and supports were placed beneath the span, including a steel truss in 1967. Georgia retains only 21 covered bridges, and this is one of 13 Town Lattice examples. A modern concrete bridge now carries Route 106, but the old bridge remains in use at a limited level.","period_of_significance":"1907","architect_builder":"James M. Hunt (contractor); Will Cromer built the stone abutments","architectural_style":"Town Lattice truss covered bridge","criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition and still passable for vehicles on a restricted basis, maintained by county highway crews; bypassed by a nearby concrete bridge.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.659435-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000619.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000619/1700beef2b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000619/1700beef2b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CROMER%27S_MILL_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:CROMER%27S_MILL_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208036","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromer%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58904084"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/franklin-county/cromers-mill-covered-bridge-76000619/"}