Krepps Covered Bridge
Why it's listed
Krepps Covered Bridge crosses the Cherry Creek Branch of Raccoon Creek in Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, near Midway. It is a kingpost truss bridge with a length of 24 feet and a roadway width of 13 feet 3 inches. Its walls are vertical siding, and its gable roof is covered in tin. Two windows are set in each sidewall. Wooden posts and bracing now support the floor. The bridge is in fair condition and carries a two-ton load limit. It belongs to a group of covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties that represent the once-common covered bridge building type in Pennsylvania. The surviving bridges are valued for their simple truss forms and local design features, and for the comparatively high number of such bridges that remain in these two rural counties.
Significance in brief: The nomination describes the covered bridges of the two counties as important examples of vernacular wood bridge construction technology. The type was once common in Pennsylvania, and these counties retain a comparatively high survival rate of such bridges. The bridges are said to illustrate the type's construction technology in terms of simple truss types and local design features.
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 79002352, listed June 22, 1979. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | SE of Cherry Valley, Midway |
|---|---|
| County | Washington County |
| Listed | June 22, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79002352 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Areas of significance | Transportation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition listed as fair; the bridge has vertical siding, a tin-covered gable roof, and two windows on each sidewall, and wooden posts and bracing support the floor. |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 40.34071, -80.33117 (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 79002352.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6436776
- This listing as JSON
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