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| Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge 10/29/2011 dwm photo |
Built in 1899, it now sits in a park,. Billie Creek Village became its home in 1981.
Leatherwood is the name of the creek under the original bridge. Leatherwood station was the depot for the B & O Railroad which chugged through Parke County.
Early in the 19th century, Leatherwood Station hosted a pottery factory and an oil mill.
The record of what it cost to build it was lost, but historians learned the losing bid was $680.
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| Open for walkers and horse-drawn vehicles. 10/29/2011 dwm |
When the bridge was moved from its perch northwest of Rockville, Indiana to the Billie Creek Village it cost $50,000.
Elmer Buchta moved and re-built it.
When I photographed it, it was nestled beneath some trees where it was part of a wagon trail over Williams Creek. I did not see the creek while taking pictures.
Billie Creek Village is closed, so it may be hard to get to this one. I hope the village re-opens for Parke County's Covered Bridge Festival. I suggest checking with folks in nearby Rockville if you want to see it.
The bridge also goes by "Harry Wolf" in honor of the man who owned land near the original bridge site. I like Leatherwood Station, it sounds like a name cut from the same cloth worn by those early settlers.
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| Parke Co, IN internet image |
Built: 1899, moved and rebuilt 1981
Style: Burr Arch
Builder: J. A. Britton, rebuilt by Elmer Buchta
Length: 72 feet, originally over Leatherwood Creek now over Williams Creek in Billie Creek Village.
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