{"nrhp_refnum":"80003466","name":"Stephens, Linton, Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SW of New London on T 344, Nottingham/New London Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"New London","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.75660578900005,"lon":-75.91240589099993,"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 burr-truss covered bridge over Big Elk Creek on T344 between Nottingham Township and New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built in 1886 with unknown builder.","why_significant":"The nomination is a name-correction and additional-documentation submission for a listed covered bridge within the Covered Bridges of Chester County thematic group. It states the bridge is named for local postmaster Linton Stephens, with the correct spelling established from census records, township atlases and petitions bearing his signature. The bridge replaced an 1875 iron bridge damaged by the 1884 flood.","narrative":"Built in 1886 over Big Elk Creek between Nottingham and New London townships in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the Linton Stephens Covered Bridge is a burr-truss span measuring 102 feet long and 15 feet wide, with a load limit of 4 tons. The site previously held a footbridge, then an iron bridge built by the county in 1875. That iron bridge was severely damaged by the flood of 1884, and the covered bridge replaced it. The bridge takes its name from Linton Stephens, a former local postmaster of Hickory Hill. Its listing was part of a group of eight Chester County covered bridges recognized as good examples of mid-to-late nineteenth-century transportation construction in the county. Later records had given the name as Stevens; county historical materials, including federal census entries, township atlases and petitions signed by Stephens, establish the correct spelling, and the Register's records were corrected to match.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good in the survey data.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.511638-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003466.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003466/7ccd089a85-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003466/7ccd089a85-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kings_Row_Rd_Covered_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kings_Row_Rd_Covered_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992686","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Stephens_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6554919"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/stephens-linton-covered-bridge-80003466/"}