{"nrhp_refnum":"80003441","name":"South Perkasie Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"S of Perkasie in Lenape Park, South Perkasie/Perkasie Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Perkasie","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.36752660500008,"lon":-75.29501719899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wooden covered bridge, built in 1832, that originally spanned Pleasant Spring Creek in Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and was later moved to Lenape Park. It is a town truss bridge about 93 feet long and 15 feet wide.","why_significant":"The bridge is described as the oldest covered bridge in Bucks County. It was condemned by the county before a community project led by the Perkasie Historical Society moved it to Lenape Park, where it was dedicated as a park feature on August 15, 1959. The form notes its wooden bridge technology as an example of its period.","narrative":"Built in 1832, this wooden town truss covered bridge crossed Pleasant Spring Creek in Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and is about 93 feet long and 15 feet wide. It is regarded as the oldest covered bridge in the county. After the county condemned it, a community project led by the Perkasie Historical Society moved the structure to Lenape Park, where it was dedicated as a park feature on August 15, 1959, with Congressman Willard S. Curtin present. A sign once posted at the end of the bridge set a five dollar fine for anyone riding or driving over it faster than a walk or smoking a cigar. The bridge was reviewed as one of several surviving Delaware River watershed covered bridges, and its early date and construction are the main reasons it was listed.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Relocated to Lenape Park after being condemned at its original site; 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 17:11:32.296173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003441.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003441/1baee75c0b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003441/1baee75c0b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"CrimsonDragonPhotographicArts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Perkasie_Covered_Bridge.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">CrimsonDragonPhotographicArts</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:South_Perkasie_Covered_Bridge.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992470","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Perkasie_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7568205"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/south-perkasie-covered-bridge-80003441/"}