{"nrhp_refnum":"80003465","name":"Speakman No. 2, Mary Ann Pyle Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"S of Coatesville on T 371, East Fallowfield Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Modena","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.92195738100003,"lon":-75.79992653399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered wooden queenpost truss bridge over Buck Run in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, reached from a township road off T371. It was built in 1881.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is one of the surviving covered bridges of Chester County that represent a construction type common in the mid-to-late 19th century. It is described as one of a pair of twin bridges with the Hayes-Clark Bridge, about a quarter mile away. It was named for the daughter of a local landowner, James B. Pyle.","narrative":"Built in 1881 over Buck Run in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, this covered bridge uses a queenpost truss, a timber framing system common among bridges of its era. Meanander and Ferdinand Wood are credited as its builders. The structure is 75 feet long and 15 feet wide. Its cost is recorded as $1,183 for woodwork and $755 for stonework. It is one of two nearby covered bridges, the other being the Hayes-Clark Bridge about a quarter mile away, that are regarded as twin bridges. The bridge takes its name from the daughter of James B. Pyle, a local landowner. It is a good example of the covered bridge type that was once widespread in Chester County. Both bridges sit on private land and are closed to traffic. The bridge is part of the Covered Bridges of Chester County multiple property group, which was listed together.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Meanander and Ferdinand Wood (builders)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; closed to traffic because it is on private land.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.770356-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003465.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003465/e5b5789c58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003465/e5b5789c58-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timothy Colgan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speakman_No_2_Mary_Ann_Pyle_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Timothy Colgan</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:Speakman_No_2_Mary_Ann_Pyle_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992692","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakman_No._2,_Mary_Ann_Pyle_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7574356"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/speakman-no-2-mary-ann-pyle-bridge-80003465/"}