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Longwood Covered Bridge

Coordinates: 39°40′12″N 85°7′30″W / 39.67000°N 85.12500°W / 39.67000; -85.12500
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Longwood Covered Bridge
Longwood Covered Bridge, August 2006
Longwood Covered Bridge is located in Indiana
Longwood Covered Bridge
Longwood Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Longwood Covered Bridge
LocationRoberts Park, Connersville, Indiana
Coordinates39°40′12″N 85°7′30″W / 39.67000°N 85.12500°W / 39.67000; -85.12500
Arealess than one acre
Built1884 (1884)
Built byKennedy, Emmett & Charles
Architectural styleBurr Arch Truss
NRHP reference No.81000011[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 1981
Removed from NRHPJanuary 25, 1989

Longwood Covered Bridge is a historic Burr Arch Truss covered bridge located at Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana. The bridge was built in 1884, and measures 97 feet long and 14 feet, 6 inches wide. It is topped by a gable roof and sheathed in wood shingles, wood board siding, and board and batten siding at the gable ends.[2]: 2  It was moved in 1984 to Roberts Park in Connersville and situated over dry land.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and delisted in 1989.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved October 1, 2015. Note: This includes Michael Bunyard (May 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Longwood Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved October 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.