WayfarrowSchenck's Mill Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Schenck's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, described in its record as bridge in Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 32 of them in Lancaster County.
It was built in 1855, in the Civil War era, making it the 20th oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Chiques Creek; it is about 96 feet long (27th longest of 83 measured in Pennsylvania).
Status check, 2026-11: Officially the Big Chiques #4 Bridge, it was first built in 1847 and rebuilt in 1855, and it's one of only three Lancaster County covered bridges with horizontal siding. Schenck's Mill Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.1160° N, 76.4253° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1855 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Chiques Creek |
| Length | 96 ft |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.11600, -76.42530 |
Nearby places
- Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 2.4 mi
- Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 3.7 mi
- Shearer's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 4.3 mi
- Forry's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 4.4 mi
- Risser's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 4.5 mi
- Landis Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 5.4 mi
- Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 6.7 mi
- Pinetown Bushong's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 9.4 mi
- Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 9.6 mi
- Erb's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 10.2 mi
- Zook's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 10.3 mi
- Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lancaster County · 10.3 mi
Questions
Where is Schenck's Mill Covered Bridge?
Schenck's Mill Covered Bridge is in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, at 40.1160, -76.4253.
How many covered bridges are in Lancaster County?
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has 32 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- National Register of Historic Places — National Register of Historic Places record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.