{"nrhp_refnum":"80003599","name":"Mt. Pleasant Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"E of New Germantown on T 304, Jackson Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Germantown","county":"Perry County","state":"PA","lat":40.31508998100003,"lon":-77.54522437999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge over Shermans Creek in Jackson Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, near New Germantown. It is a Queen-post/King-post truss bridge built in 1918.","why_significant":"The nomination is a boundary-type multiple property submission for covered bridges in Adams, Cumberland and Perry Counties. The OCR text shows the bridge was assessed as eligible, with review notes addressing its boundaries, condition, repairs and the effect of steel I-beam strengthening on integrity. The text does not clearly state the full significance argument.","narrative":"Built in 1918 by L.M. Wentzel, the Mt. Pleasant Covered Bridge is a timber truss bridge carrying a road across Shermans Creek in Jackson Township, Perry County. The bridge uses a King and Queen post truss system, and its planking measures 3 by 15 feet 3 inches. Two 17-inch steel I-beams were added to reinforce the structure, which had a clearance of 12 feet 2 inches. The bridge is one of the covered bridges in Perry County recorded in a multiple property submission covering Adams, Cumberland and Perry Counties. Reviewers judged it eligible for the National Register after confirming that its boundaries were adequate and assessing how the repairs and strengthening affected its integrity. The bridge is considered a representative survivor of local covered bridge construction in the region.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"L.M. Wentzel (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.487287-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003599.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003599/601c440c52-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003599/601c440c52-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Pleasant_Bridge_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Pleasant_Bridge_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993456","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6922904"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/perry-county/mt-pleasant-covered-bridge-80003599/"}