Spencerville Covered Bridge
Appearance
Spencerville Covered Bridge | |
Location | CR 68, at Spencerville, Spencer Township, DeKalb County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 41°16′53″N 84°54′51″W / 41.28139°N 84.91417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1873 |
Built by | Mckay, John |
Architectural style | Smith Type 4 Truss |
NRHP reference No. | 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
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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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Categories:
- Covered bridges in Indiana
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Bridges completed in 1873
- Transportation buildings and structures in DeKalb County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in DeKalb County, Indiana
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Wooden bridges in Indiana
- Truss bridges in the United States
- Northern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs