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Leatherwood Station (original location), Parke County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-61-25
Parke County Number: PC-25
County: Parke County
Township:
Town/Village: West Union
Bridge Name: Leatherwood Station (original location)
Crosses: Leatherwood Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 72'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1899
Builder: Joseph A. Britton
When Lost: 1981
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N39 48.91
Longitude: W087 17.94
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 21-16N-8W, 2½ miles southeast of West Union where North 210 West crosses Leatherwood Creek.

Leatherwood Station Bridge (relocated location), Adams, IN Built 1899 (1981)
© Lisa Plamondon

Leatherwood Station Bridge (original location), org. West Union - Now Rockville, Parke County, IN Built 1899 Moved 1981
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Leatherwood Station Bridge (relocated location), Adams, IN Built 1899 (1981)
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, September 18, 2021

Comments:
This bridge received its name from the nearby Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway station. In the late 1970s this bridge became unsafe for public traffic and in 1981 it was moved to its present location in Billie Creek Village (down the footpath south of the farm house).

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 108
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/parke/leatherwoodsta.htm
Donovan, Richard. World Guide Notebooks
Rau, Harold. A Guide to the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana, 2016, pages 32-33
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 24

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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