{"nrhp_refnum":"80003602","name":"Kochendefer Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SE of Saville on T 332, Saville Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saville","county":"Perry County","state":"PA","lat":40.42430590400005,"lon":-77.38715819599997,"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 single-span covered bridge in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, spanning Big Buffalo Creek. It was built in 1919 by Adair Bros. at a cost of $2,380.","why_significant":"The document describes it as one of the covered bridges of Adams, Cumberland and Perry Counties, a multiple-property group. Its significance rests on its construction as a Queen and King truss covered bridge. The nomination treats its integrity and condition as adequate for listing.","narrative":"Built in 1919 by Adair Bros., this single-span covered bridge crosses Big Buffalo Creek in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was constructed at a cost of $2,380 and carries a plank floor laid over a truss framework of King and Queen posts. The bridge is 92 feet long with a roadway 18 feet wide and a vertical clearance of 12 feet 6 inches. Its floor and framing were reinforced with four 24-inch I-beams, and a posted limit of 8 tons applies to vehicles crossing it. The bridge is one of a group of covered bridges in Adams, Cumberland and Perry Counties that were documented together. Its listing rests on its surviving construction and its role within that regional group of covered bridges, which shows how these structures were built and maintained in central Pennsylvania during the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Adair Bros. (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 17:11:33.357696-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003602.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003602/4b611af3d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003602/4b611af3d4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kochenderfer_Bridge_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kochenderfer_Bridge_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993460","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochendefer_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6424832"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/perry-county/kochendefer-covered-bridge-80003602/"}