Forsythe Covered Bridge
Forsythe Covered Bridge | |
39°31′2″N 85°31′50″W / 39.51722°N 85.53056°W / 39.51722; -85.53056 | |
Area | less than one acre |
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Built | 1888 |
Built by | Kennedy, Emmett L. |
Architectural style | Burr Arch Truss System |
MPS | Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR |
NRHP reference No. | 83000094[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 2, 1983 |
Forsythe Covered Bridge, also known as Forsythe Mill Bridge, is a historic covered bridge located near Rushville, Indiana and/or Gowdy, in Orange Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1888 by Emmett L. Kennedy. It is a Burr Arch bridge, 196 feet (60 m) long over the Big Flat Rock River. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm.[2]: 2, 14
The bridge 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]
See also
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 2016-06-01. Note: This includes McMullan, Phil (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.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IN-106, "Forsythe Bridge, Spanning Big Flat Rock Creek, CR 650S, Moscow, Rush County, IN", 12 photos, 2 color transparencies, 10 measured drawings, 22 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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