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The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is a fall festival which takes place in nine communities in Parke County, Indiana, United States. It celebrates the county's 31 covered bridges, and is attended by more than 2 million people each year. It begins on the second Friday in October and lasts 10 days.
Billie Creek Village was a 70-acre open-air living history museum and park, filled with 38 historical buildings and structures, and hundreds of antiques and artifacts. It is located at near Rockville, Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana in the area known as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World" for the county's 31 covered bridges
Parke County had two bridge builders who built most of the bridges in the county. The first of these was J.J. Daniels. Born in 1826, in Marietta, Ohio, he built railroad bridges in Ohio and Indiana and 60 covered bridges in Indiana. Of these 60 bridges, 27 alone were in Parke County, with 11 of those still standing. The second was J.A. Britton ...
Parke County bills itself as the covered bridge capital of the world. [1] Combined with six counties that surround it, there are 51 of Indiana’s 98 covered bridges in this small area: Parke County (32), Putnam County (9), Fountain County (3), Vermillion County (3), Montgomery County (2), Owen County (1) and Vigo County (1).
At one time, as many as 53 covered bridges existed (wholly or in part) in Parke County. Today, 31 of those bridges survive, 10 of which have been closed to vehicle traffic. [2] The Jackson Covered Bridge is the longest single span covered bridge in Indiana. The Portland Mills Covered Bridge is the oldest of the county's covered bridges.
Parke, Indiana, United States: Official name: Rush Creek Covered Bridge: Named for: Rush Creek: Maintained by: Parke County: NBI Number: 6100154 [1] Characteristics; Design: National Register of Historic Places: Total length: 95 ft (29 m)77ft +9ft overhangs on each end: Width: 16 ft (4.9 m) Height: 12.5 ft (3.8 m) History; Constructed by ...
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Roseville, Indiana, Parke, Indiana, United States: Official name: Roseville Covered Bridge: Other name(s) Coxville Covered Bridge: Named for: Roseville, Indiana: Maintained by: Parke County: NBI Number: 6100042 [1] Characteristics; Design: National Register of Historic Places: Total length: 281 ft (86 m)263ft +9ft overhangs on each end: Width ...