Ceylon Covered Bridge, Limberlost Park, spanning Wabash River at County Road 900 South, Geneva, Adams County, IN
Summary
Significance: This is the only covered bridge remaining over the Wabash River. It is a landmark of historical passage for Indians and settlers and was used daily by buggies and cars. The bridge was built circa 1860. Arguments in 1948 and 1953 to demolish the bridge were finally defeated and renovation took place in 1963. Today it is within a 41 acre county park.
Survey number: HAER IN-57
Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1963 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 06001289
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
College of Architecture and Planning, Ball State University
Location
Geneva, 40.72492, -84.89848
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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