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Show DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE -EXCELLENT .XGOOD -DETERIORATED -UNALTERED -RUINS -XALTERED _FAIR _UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE .XORIGINALSITE -MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The Crook house is an example of a Gothic Revival cottage, similar to the Carpenter Gothic cottages popular in the East at the time, but rendered in brick instead of timber frame (a consequence of the Mormon preference for brick and stone?). The three steeply-raked dormer gables are decorated like the end gables with bargeboard trim. The pendants extending downward from the gable peaks were probably balanced originally by turned finals. The center gable is penetrated by a pointed arch door, with the door panels subdividing the door in the manner of a Gothic window. The entrance door, below the center gable, is topped by a shortened version of a Gothic hood mould, as are all the windows. The upper story windows are six-over-six, the lower two-over-two. The smooth ashlar quions at all four corners of the original house are not repeated in the stone addition. |
