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Show RECEIVED 413 NPS Form 10-900-a Utah WordPerfect 5.1 Format (Revised Fob. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. 7 Page 1 Narrative Description The Burgener-Boss farm complex, built primarily between c.1875-1885, consists of six buildings: a home, granary, barn, smokehouse, chicken coop and outhouse. The Greek Revival style house faces south toward the community civic center. Behind the house to the northwest is the granary/fruit cellar. North of a non-historic threecar garage that is linked to the granary is the smokehouse. North and east of the house are the outhouse with the chicken coop and barn extending north toward the pasture. A pot-rock fence encloses the main house and yard, and a ground-fed spring is located in the north end of the property's pasture. All structures have been well maintained throughout the years, and the farm, including the grounds, are in excellent condition. The farm site remains much as it was since its original construction. House: The home, built in 1880, is a one-and-one-half-story frame hall-parlor type house with an original rear ell. The asymmetrical internal plan is masked by the threebay symmetrical facade. Gable ends with pedimented returns and a raking cornice and pedimented window heads are other Greek Revival features. Two chimneys on the east and west gable ends, and one chimney from the rear ell, have been removed. The room now serving as the kitchen--a one-story addition at the north-east corner of the home and the dormer windows on the second floor of the main (south) elevation were added soon after the home was constructed, possibly in the late 1880s or early 1890s. Three original low windows on the second floor level, just above the porch ridge line and below the roof eave on the south elevation, were removed when the dormers were added. A porch, now serving as a utility room, was added about 1940, and the red clay tile roof was added in 1948. The kitchen and utility rooms, added at two different times, are frame construction with 1x6 drop siding. Exterior walls are frame construction sheathed with the original 1x8 drop siding and painted white. The double-hung wooden windows retain the original glazing. Several non-operative wooden shutters have been added to a few of the windows. The foundation is of local pot-rock. The interior east-west cross wall is constructed of masonry. The remaining interior walls are of wood frame construction with a lath and plaster finish. The interior trim is original and is very simple in design, as is the rest of the home's detailing. The ceiling heights are 8 feet on the first floor and 7 feet 6 inches on the second level with steeply sloping ceilings following the roof's pitch. Carpet has been laid over the wood plank floors. There are 912 square feet on the first floor, and 272 square feet on the second floor. 1 Sources of dates include title abstracts, warranty deeds, interviews with Ruby Abegglen Boss and Richard C. Tatton, and 1888 photograph of house. |
