{"nrhp_refnum":"80003537","name":"Herr's Mill Covered Bridge","other_names":["Soundersburg Covered Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SW of Soundersburg on T 696, Paradise/East Lampeter Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Soundersbury","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.00988382300005,"lon":-76.16193980699995,"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 bridge over Pequea Creek in Soudersburg, on the Paradise and East Lampeter township line in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The form gives 1885 as its year.","why_significant":"The form describes a two-span burr arch truss bridge with vertical plank siding and cut stone abutments, in excellent condition. It is one of a group of covered bridges in Lancaster County nominated together as a thematic resource. The nomination notes an unusual side entrance from an adjoining road and several windows with awnings.","narrative":"Built in 1885 across Pequea Creek at Soudersburg, the covered bridge carries a road along the boundary between Paradise and East Lampeter townships in Lancaster County. It has two spans of 89 feet each, built with burr arch trusses, a timber form that combined arches and trusses to carry load over a long span. Vertical plank siding encloses the structure, and its abutments are cut stone. A distinctive feature is a side entrance that connects to an adjoining road, and several windows fitted with awnings light the interior. Lancaster County once had many covered bridges, and this one was grouped with others in a multiple property nomination of county covered bridges. The bridge is recorded in excellent condition, which the nomination cites as part of its case for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr arch truss","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition recorded as excellent.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.338032-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003537.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003537/c8212c1be9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003537/c8212c1be9-1600.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:Herr%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge_Side_View_2696px.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:Herr%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge_Side_View_2696px.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993243","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herr%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5743844"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/herrs-mill-covered-bridge-80003537/"}