Saville Covered Bridge
Why it's listed
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.
Significance in brief: 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.
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 80003603, listed August 25, 1980. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence low).
Key facts
| Address | LR 50037, Saville Township, Saville |
|---|---|
| County | Perry County |
| Listed | August 25, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80003603 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Architect / builder | L. N. Wentzel (builder) |
| Areas of significance | Transportation |
| Level of significance | State |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 40.43808, -77.39613 (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 80003603.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q15275577
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.