Longwood Covered Bridge

Longwood Covered Bridge
Longwood Covered Bridge, August 2006
Location Roberts Park, Connersville, Indiana
Coordinates 39°40′12″N 85°7′30″W / 39.67000°N 85.12500°W / 39.67000; -85.12500Coordinates: 39°40′12″N 85°7′30″W / 39.67000°N 85.12500°W / 39.67000; -85.12500
Area less than one acre
Built 1884 (1884)
Built by Kennedy, Emmett & Charles
Architectural style Burr Arch Truss
NRHP Reference # 81000011[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 29, 1981
Removed from NRHP January 25, 1989

Longwood Covered Bridge was a historic Burr Arch Truss covered bridge located at Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana. The bridge was built in 1884, and measured 97 feet long and 14 feet, 6 inches wide. It was topped by a gable roof and sheathed in wood shingles, wood board siding, and board and batten siding at the gable ends.[2]:2 It was moved in 1984 to Roberts Park in Connersville and situated over dry land.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and delisted in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-10-01. Note: This includes Michael Bunyard (May 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Longwood Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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