{"nrhp_refnum":"80003529","name":"Kaufman's Distillery Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SW of Manheim on T 889, Rapho/Penn Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Manheim","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.148213148000025,"lon":-76.40989628699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge spanning Chickies Creek in open farmland southwest of Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, dated to 1874 and listed as part of a thematic group of Lancaster County covered bridges.","why_significant":"The document describes the bridge as a good candidate for the covered bridge thematic group, with vertical plank siding, a gable roof, and cut stone abutments. Its trusses are described as being in good condition. The nomination review notes that the bridge is of a type built in frame construction in the 19th century.","narrative":"Southwest of Manheim in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, this covered bridge crosses Chickies Creek in open farmland. It was built in 1874 and carries a Burr truss, a timber design common to 19th-century frame construction. The bridge has vertical plank siding, a gable roof, and cut stone abutments. It measures 96 feet along its end post length and 15 feet in width. The document records its condition as good, with trusses in good condition. It was included in a group of Lancaster County covered bridges that were reviewed together, and it was accepted as a good candidate for that thematic listing. Reviewers noted that its abutments required further checking, and the boundary was adjusted to fit the bridge and its abutments.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr truss","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 17:11:32.386417-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003529.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003529/918678fb22-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003529/918678fb22-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kauffman%27s_Distillery_Covered_Bridge_Side_View_3000px.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kauffman%27s_Distillery_Covered_Bridge_Side_View_3000px.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993231","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauffman%27s_Distillery_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6378663"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/kaufmans-distillery-covered-bridge-80003529/"}