{"nrhp_refnum":"80003640","name":"Sonestown Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"S of Sonestown on T 310, Davidson Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sonestown","county":"Sullivan County","state":"PA","lat":41.34642387400004,"lon":-76.55495249899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Burr arch truss covered bridge carrying a road across Muncy Creek in Davidson Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, dated to about 1850. It is owned by Sullivan County.","why_significant":"The bridge was built to reach a gristmill owned by Johnny Hazen, and it is one of only three covered bridges left in the county. Its vertical plank siding left open near the eaves to admit light and its wide widthwise flooring with lengthwise wheel-track planks are described as distinguishing features. The nomination was made as part of a group of Burr arch covered bridges in Sullivan and Lycoming counties.","narrative":"Built about 1850 across Muncy Creek in Davidson Township, Sullivan County, the Sonestown Covered Bridge is a Burr arch truss structure 99 feet long and 15 feet wide, with a posted load limit of 3 tons. It was constructed to give access to a gristmill operated by Johnny Hazen, and it stands on its original site. Its vertical plank siding is left open near the eaves to admit light, and the floor is laid with wide planks running across the span, with planks laid lengthwise to form wheel tracks. It is one of only three covered bridges still standing in Sullivan County. The bridge was nominated together with other Burr arch covered bridges in Sullivan and Lycoming counties, a group that shows how this bridge type was built across the region in the mid-nineteenth century. Its surviving construction and original setting are the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"c. 1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr arch truss","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed 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 17:11:33.502696-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003640.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003640/6fcbc34f99-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003640/6fcbc34f99-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Nicholas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davidson_Township_Covered_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicholas</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davidson_Township_Covered_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993887","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonestown_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7560945"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/sullivan-county/sonestown-covered-bridge-80003640/"}