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Photograph of Brown County Bridge No. 36
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Brown County Bridge No. 36

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“Brown County Bridge No. 36, also known as Hickory Hill Road Bridge and Wrightsman Bridge, is a historic Pratt through truss bridge located at Washington Township, Brown County, Indiana. It was built by the Pan-American Bridge Company in 1908.”

Wikipedia article Brown County Bridge No. 36, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Brown County · listed in 1993 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Hickory Hill Rd. across the N. Fork of Salt Cr., Nashville, 47448
  • When was it listed? December 1993
  • Category. structure
  • Township. Washington township
  • National Register reference number. 93001430 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brown County Bridge No. 36: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brown County Highway Dept.StoneProducer
Brown County Stone Co QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this property

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashville, the town this property stands in, in 61 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 7 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996LightningNashville1 hurtno account filed
April 2025Flash FloodNashville$100,000Water flowing over a bridge on State Road 135. Several water rescues completed. Total rainfall ranged from 2.6 to 3.4 inches.
June 2019Flash FloodNashville$50,000Dispatch reports a crew headed to rescue residents that were possibly trapped after a small dam failure due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
May 1996Tornado (F1)Nashville$50,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNashville$25,000Numerous tree tops downed and trees toppled at the west gate of the Brown County State Park.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindNashville$25,000Part of the roof on the Nashville Elementary School was blown off due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Water damage occurred to some of the classrooms.
May 2002Flash FloodNashville$25,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNashville$15,000Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a tree blown onto a car with people.
June 2025Flash FloodNashville$15,000Rainfall, reported as great as 3.35 inches west-northwest of Nashville, produced flash flooding in the Nashville area. Water flowed over a bridge near the Nashville General Store.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNashville$10,000Multiple trees and power lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNashville$8,000Reports received of trees and power lines down near Highway 46 in Brown County due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2015Flash FloodNashville$5,000Widespread flooding was occurring in Nashville due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
June 2008Flash FloodNashville$5,000Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindNashville$2,000Trees and power lines were reported down blocking State Route 135 due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNashville$1,000Tree of unknown size downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNashville$1,000A two foot diameter tree was downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNashville$1,000A transformer was damaged as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindNashville$1,000Trees down
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNashville$500Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Trevelac.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNashville$500Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNashville$500Thunderstorm winds blew a few trees down in Belmont.
April 2017HailNashville-This report was relayed by law enforcement.
April 2013HailNashville-Hail, ranging in size from one to two inches, was observed in this location.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2006HailNashville-No property damage estimates were available.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were downed.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Several trees were blown down.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were downed.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees and power lines were downed.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Seven pine trees were downed in Yellowwood State Forest.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were blown down near Brown County State Park.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNashville-Numerous trees down
April 2002Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees down
May 2025HailNashville-no account filed
July 2024HailNashville-no account filed
April 2015HailNashville-no account filed
April 2013HailNashville-no account filed
May 2012HailNashville-no account filed
March 2012Funnel CloudNashville-no account filed
March 2012HailNashville-no account filed
May 2012HailNashville-no account filed
July 2008HailNashville-no account filed
April 2007HailNashville-no account filed
April 2006HailNashville-no account filed
June 2006HailNashville-no account filed
June 2005HailNashville-no account filed
November 2005HailNashville-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
April 2002HailNashville-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
F.P. Taggart Store3.4 miles1983
Nashville Historic District3.4 miles2022
Brown County Courthouse Historic District3.5 miles1983
Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio3.9 miles1973
Brown County State Park4.8 miles2020
Bean Blossom Covered Bridge6.0 miles2022

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93001430 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Brown CountyAll 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.