Kramer Covered Bridge No. 113
Why it's listed
Kramer Covered Bridge No. 113 is a 50-foot covered bridge near Rohrsburg in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, with a roadway 13.66 feet wide and 11 feet of clearance. It is built on a simple queen post truss, with a metal roof laid on wooden ribs across the rafters and an arched portal topped by a triangular area of vertical boards. The walls are board and batten, and the floor carries horizontal boards under two runways. Builder C.W. Eves is credited with its construction. Its importance lies in engineering and transportation. Columbia County's covered bridges use several truss types, including King Post, Warren, Queen Post, Theodore Burr and Howe designs, selected by span length. Bridges such as this one were needed as towns grew and as farms, saw mills and grist mills required links between them. Because the county has built no covered bridges for about fifty years, the surviving examples of this design and engineering are regarded as distinctive.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the bridge is significant under engineering and transportation. Covered bridges in Columbia County use King Post, Warren Truss, Queen Post, Theodore Burr or Howe Truss designs, and the form is described as unique because no covered bridges have been built in the county for the last half century. Bridges were needed to serve rapidly growing towns and to link farming, saw and grist mills.
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 79003194, 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 572, Rohrsburg |
|---|---|
| County | Columbia County |
| Listed | November 29, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79003194 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Architect / builder | C.W. Eves (builder) |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Engineering, Transportation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Abutments were repaired with concrete, though a large part of one abutment and the approach wall of another remain original stone and mortar; some wall boards and battens are missing. |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 41.12112, -76.43193 (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.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 79003194.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6436023
- This listing as JSON
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