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Cade's Mill, Fountain County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-23-02
County: Fountain County
Township: Wabash
Town/Village: Veedersburg
Bridge Name: Cade's Mill
Crosses: Coal Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 150' floor, 158' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1854
Builder: Captain White
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 03.850
Longitude: W087 18.746
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 3.7 miles west of jct US41 in Steam Corner on IN32, then 1.0 miles right on S Glascock Rd. and 0.3 miles left on West Cades Hollow Rd (CRW440S) to the bridge on the left side of the road. Southwest of Veedersburg.

Cades Mill Bridge, Wabash, Fountain County, IN Built 1854
Dale J. Travis Photo

Cades Mill Bridge, Wabash, Fountain County, IN Built 1854
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Cades Mill Bridge, Wabash, Fountain County, IN Built 1854
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, November 14, 2019

Comments:
Closed. 14-panel truss. While oral tradition says this bridge was built was 1850, other records say 1854. The bridge replaced a smaller bridge built in 1828. In 1847, a mill owned by Mr. Van Dorn, stood by the bridge. It was later owned by David Cade, one of the agents appointed by the county to superintend construction of the covered bridge. Unfortunately, the mill was struck by lightning and burned sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s. In 1976, the bridge was bypassed by a modern bridge. As of 2024, the bridge is cared for by the Fountain County Arts Council on behalf of Fountain County. The bridge received extensive repairs in 2024 and 2025. A dedication of the structure on Sunday, June 8th, 2025, was attended by about 80 people. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 24, 2021.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 183
Gould, George E.. Indiana's Covered Bridges Thru the Years, 1977
County History Preservation Society (no longer accessible). Covered Bridges of Indiana, 2002, http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/fountain3.htm
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 16

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