Smith Covered Bridge


Smith Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Smith Covered Bridge, May 2011
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Location	N. County Road 550W, northwest of Rushville, Jackson Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates	39°39′19″N 85°24′34″W / 39.65528°N 85.40944°W / 39.65528; -85.40944Coordinates: 39°39′19″N 85°24′34″W / 39.65528°N 85.40944°W / 39.65528; -85.40944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1877 (1877)
Built by	Kennedy, Archibald, & Emmett
Architectural style	Burr Arch Truss System
MPS	Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR
NRHP Reference #	83000099^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 2, 1983

Offutt Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located near Rushville, Indiana in Jackson Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1877 by A.M. Kennedy an his son Emmett. It is a Burr Arch bridge, 124 feet (38 m) long over Big Flat Rock Creek. 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 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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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