Day Covered Bridge
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Why it's listed
Near Prosperity in Washington County, Pennsylvania, the Day Covered Bridge crosses Short Creek in Morris Township. It is a queenpost truss bridge with a 36-foot-6-inch span and a road surface 12 feet wide. Vertical wood siding encloses the structure, and a tin-covered gable roof shelters it. Its cut block abutments have been reinforced with concrete. The bridge is dated to about 1875. It is part of a group of covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties documented together. Its significance lies in its representation of a once-common wood bridge type in Pennsylvania. The nomination treats the rural bridges of these two counties as examples of that construction technology, shown through their simple truss designs and local design features. The bridge was in good condition at the time of the survey.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents the bridge as an important example of vernacular wood truss technology, a bridge type once common in Pennsylvania. The document says the bridges of these two rural counties illustrate the type's construction technology and attest to the special character of rural county bridge building. The bridge's simplicity of truss design and local features of its design are cited as the basis for its significance.
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 79002356, listed June 22, 1979. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Spans Short Creek, Prosperity |
|---|---|
| County | Washington County |
| Listed | June 22, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79002356 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Areas of significance | Transportation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition recorded as good. |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 40.02957, -80.29285 (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 79002356.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5242813
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.