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 National Park Service (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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