{"nrhp_refnum":"79002359","name":"Erskine Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Spans Middle Wheeling Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Alexander","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.06639393800003,"lon":-80.51620575199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood queenpost covered bridge over Middle Wheeling Creek in West Alexander area of Washington County, Pennsylvania, listed as a structure. The form is a multiple-resource continuation sheet for the Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the bridge as an important example of vernacular wood truss bridge technology. The form states that the bridges in these rural counties illustrate the type's construction technology through the simplicity of the truss types and certain local design features. The document notes the bridges attest to the special character of these rural counties.","narrative":"Built in 1845 by William Gordon, the Erskine Covered Bridge is a queenpost truss bridge spanning Middle Wheeling Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania. It measures 39 feet 6 inches end post to end post, with a road surface 11 feet 8 inches wide. The structure has vertical board siding, a tin-covered gable roof, and two square-cut windows in each side wall. Its construction shows the common wood truss technology of the period, which was once widespread in Pennsylvania. Because the surviving covered bridges in these rural counties are relatively numerous, the group is regarded as a meaningful record of local bridge building. The Erskine bridge is recorded in good condition and is one of several covered bridges in the nomination that illustrate the simple truss types and local design features of the region.","period_of_significance":"1845","architect_builder":"William Gordon (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.466852-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002359.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002359/20c9417191-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002359/20c9417191-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ERSKINE_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:ERSKINE_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994027","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5395827"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/erskine-covered-bridge-79002359/"}