Creasyville Covered Bridge
Why it's listed
Located in Millville, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, the Creasyville Covered Bridge is a short queen post structure measuring 44.5 feet in length, with a roadway 14 feet wide and 11 feet of clearance. T.S. Christian is recorded as its builder. The bridge has board and batten side walls and a herringbone floor carrying two runways. Its undergirding has no added steel beams. The original stone and mortar abutments were replaced with concrete. Oak, pine, or hemlock was the usual lumber for bridges of this kind. Covered bridges were built in Columbia County as towns grew and travel between farms, saw mills, and grist mills increased. Because the county has built few covered bridges in the last fifty years, the form regards the engineering of surviving examples as distinctive. Its significance lies in transportation history and in the design of the structure itself.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the bridge is significant under engineering and transportation. It uses a queen post design, which the form notes was used for longer spans in Columbia County, and it belongs to a group of covered bridges that the form says have not been built in the county in the last half century. Covered bridges served farming, saw and grist mill traffic as towns grew.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 79003198, listed November 29, 1979. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | SR 683, Millville |
|---|---|
| County | Columbia County |
| Listed | November 29, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79003198 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Architect / builder | T.S. Christian (builder) |
| Architectural style | Short queen post design |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Engineering, Transportation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 41.21209, -76.46123 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 79003198.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5183418
- This listing as JSON
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