| OCR Text |
Show 7. Description Condition excellent _^_good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one unaltered _X_ altered Check one X original site moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance The Santa Anna Casto house is a one story "square cabin" type folk/vernacular structure. Built ca. 1870 of a soft -fired orange brick, the house consists of one main 19 f x 17* bay which served as the parlor or "best room" A kitchen and small bedroom were located in the lean-to extension to the rear* The Casto house facade is unusual in its asymmetrical door -window-window piercing arrangement. The normal procedure in small houses of this type was to balance the door between the two windows. It could be that Casto intended, at some future time, to add another squre bay to the side of the house. This addition would have brought the facade back into the symmetrical balance dictated by the prevailing design aesthetic. As it stands, the Casto house presents an iriter,estlflg«*J^^6Wfe«of the square cabin in Utah. There is a porch on the east side of the house which has a hipped roof suppported by milled columns and scroll cut bracketing. The rear lean-to extension protrudes here out about 4' from the side of the main house and contains a door which under regular circumstances served as the main entrance. Ihe front door was reserved for formal visitors and consequently was seldom used. Decorative features include a corbelled end stove chimney and relieving arches on all the openings. The Santa Anna Casto house is presently vacant but the owner lives next door and vigorously maintains the historic integrity of the structure. Cement stairs leading to the front door and a closed in rear porch are later additions to the house but do not detract from its original character. The rear proch was added in about the 1920s, and the stairs added durinq the 1960s. |
