Devil's Den, McClurg Covered Bridge
Why it's listed
A wooden covered bridge crossing Kings Creek in Hanover Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, the McClurg or Devil's Den Covered Bridge is a kingpost truss structure 24 feet long with a roadway 12 feet 3 inches wide. It has vertical board siding, a tin-covered gable roof and cut stone abutments, and each side wall is pierced by four windows. The bridge is one of a group of covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties documented together as a thematic resource. Its significance lies in its representation of wood truss bridge building, a construction type once common in Pennsylvania. The surviving bridges in these two rural counties are noted for their comparatively high survival rate and for local variations in truss simplicity and design. At the time of the nomination the bridge was in good condition and remained in use on a local road near Burgettstown.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents the bridge as one of a group of surviving covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties that illustrate the once-common wood truss construction type in Pennsylvania. The bridges are described as having a comparatively high survival rate and as showing local design features in the simplicity of their truss types. The listing is part of a multiple property submission on these bridges.
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 79003828, listed June 22, 1979. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | N of Paris crossing King's Creek, Hanover Township, Paris |
|---|---|
| County | Washington County |
| Listed | June 22, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79003828 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Areas of significance | Transportation |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition recorded as good; the form notes it is located near Burgettstown. |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 40.42475, -80.50657 (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 79003828.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5267106
- This listing as JSON
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