{"nrhp_refnum":"80003603","name":"Saville Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"LR 50037, Saville Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saville","county":"Perry County","state":"PA","lat":40.43808205500005,"lon":-77.39613400599995,"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 Big Buffalo Creek in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, built in 1903 by L. N. Wentzel. It is a Burr truss bridge with an 80-foot span and a 17-foot width.","why_significant":"The nomination lists the bridge as part of a multiple property group of covered bridges in Adams, Cumberland and Perry counties. The form notes that the bridge's boundaries were verified as sufficient and that condition issues were addressed, and the reviewers judged it eligible. The text provided is largely OCR-garbled, so the full significance argument cannot be confirmed.","narrative":"Built in 1903 by builder L. N. Wentzel, the Saville Covered Bridge is a Burr truss structure carrying a road across Big Buffalo Creek in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. The bridge has an 80-foot span, a roadway width of about 17 feet, and a clearance of 11 feet 5 inches. Its roadway is 13 feet wide, and it is not painted or reinforced. The bridge has two plies of oak planking and three steel I-beams added to its structure. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. It was included in a multiple property group of covered bridges in Adams, Cumberland and Perry counties, and reviewers judged it eligible for the register. The bridge's boundaries and condition were assessed, and the reviewers considered the effects of its strengthening work on its integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"L. N. 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 17:11:33.141841-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003603.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003603/b0a3aa5d8c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003603/b0a3aa5d8c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saville_PA_C_Bridge_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saville_PA_C_Bridge_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993452","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saville_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15275577"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/perry-county/saville-covered-bridge-80003603/"}