Spencerville Covered Bridge

Spencerville Covered Bridge

Spencerville Covered Bridge, August 2007
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

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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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