Offutt Covered Bridge

Offutt Covered Bridge

Offutt Covered Bridge, November 2012
Location N. County Road 550W, northwest of Rushville, Posey Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°39′36″N 85°32′22″W / 39.66000°N 85.53944°W / 39.66000; -85.53944Coordinates: 39°39′36″N 85°32′22″W / 39.66000°N 85.53944°W / 39.66000; -85.53944
Area less than one acre
Built 1884 (1884)
Built by Kennedy, Emmett L., & Charles F.
Architectural style Burr Arch Truss System
MPS Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR
NRHP Reference # 83000098[1]
Added to NRHP February 2, 1983

Offutt Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located near Rushville, Indiana in Posey Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1884 by Emmett L. Kennedy an his brother Charles. It is a Burr Arch bridge, 85 feet (26 m) long over the Little Blue River. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm.[2]:2, 12

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1983, as part of a multiple property submission covering six bridges built by the Kennedy family firm.[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 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Phil McMullan (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: A. M. Kennedy House and Covered Bridges of Rush County" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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