Spencerville Covered Bridge


Spencerville Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Spencerville Covered Bridge, August 2007
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Location	CR 68, at Spencerville, Spencer Township, DeKalb County, Indiana
Coordinates	41°16′53″N 84°54′51″W / 41.28139°N 84.91417°W / 41.28139; -84.91417Coordinates: 41°16′53″N 84°54′51″W / 41.28139°N 84.91417°W / 41.28139; -84.91417
Area	less than one acre
Built	1873 (1873)
Built by	Mckay, John
Architectural style	Smith Type 4 Truss
NRHP Reference #	81000010^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1981

Spencerville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located at Spencerville, Spencer Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1873, and spans the St. Joseph River. It is a Smith Type 4 truss bridge on concrete piers. It measures 146 feet long and topped by a gable roof and sided with board-and-batten siding. It one of only six remaining Smith trusses in Indiana.^[2]^:2–3

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 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Mary Pifer Mountz and John Martin Smith (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Spencerville Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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