Area less than one acre Opened 1888 | NRHP Reference # 83000094 Added to NRHP 2 February 1983 | |
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Architectural style Burr Arch Truss System, other MPS Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR Built by Archibald M. Kennedy and sons Similar Moscow Covered Bridge, Norris Ford Covered Bridge, Smith Covered Bridge, Offutt Covered Bridge, Mill Creek Covered Bridge | ||
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 Big Flat Rock River. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm.
It 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.
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