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Show United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Gi-eell-Rasll~-~cWHo~e (Expires 5/31 /2012) Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance of the property. Explain contributing and noncontributing resources if necessary. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, setting , size, and significant features.) Summary Paragraph GFeen-RaSm~~eck The House, constructed in 1899, is a two-story brick house located at 12542 S. 900 East in Draper, Utah . The Victorian Eclectic-style residence is a central-block-with-projecting-bays-type house. The house is located on an L-shaped parcel of 1.16 acres. There are two contributing outbuildings and two non-contributing outbuildings associated with the property. The interior of the house was significantly remodeled in the 19QQs, but the n ?er of significant features such as rock-faced exterior has had mostly minor modifications. The exterior retains a C brick bays, art-glass windows, and an Eastlake porch . The house is ' good condition and contributes to the historic -L ""'> resources of Draper. ~:;T ()..A. ~~ c+vJ,-u1A c::- ~I c<J.-, ~ Narrative Description Ul/~ ' ~\M.v"'~- ~ \~'-- -- \ 'l ~ The,,~ use sits on a raised ashlar foundation of rock-faced granite blocks with raised mortar joints. The foundation was painted dark grey prior to the 1990s. The rooflines extend over numerous projections from the central truncated pyramidal block. There are two simple-gable projections facing east and south . One wide octagonal bay faces north. [n the southeast corner of the fayade is an octagonal tower bay. The rear (west) elevation is flat and features a two-story enclosed frame porch with a hipped roof. The roof is covered with wood shingles that have been painted a dark blue (circa 1980).1 The exterior walls of the house are constructed of two types of brick. The rectangular blocks and projections are built of a smooth brick laid in a running bond with flush mortar joints. The two octagonal bays are constructed of rock-faced brick laid in a running bond . Rock-faced brick is also used for the three courses of brick above the foundation (water table line). The window lintels and sills are rock-faced stone. With the exception of the foundation, all the exterior surfaces were painted white in the 1960s and later painted a light grey in the 1990s. 2 The east elevation (fayade) is divided into two sections. On the north half is a projecting rectangular block under a simple gable roof. On the main level, the block features a checkerboard panel of smooth and rock-faced header bricks. Above the panel is a round-arch window with six pieces of colored art glass surrounding a replaced central pane (circa 1970s). The drip molding header consists of rock-faced segmental blocks. On the upper level , the cornice line is broken by a pair of windows divided by a wide muntin. The original one-over-one double-hung windows were replaced in the 1970s. The gable trim features a sunburst design and square shingles that appear to be replacements for the original sunburst and fish scale shingles. The south half of the east elevation features the two-story octagonal tower bay and a one-story octagonal porch. Two of the six narrow windows in the tower have been replaced with a single pane of glass. The others are one-over-one double-hung windows in wood sashes. The tower features a horizontally divided cornice with brackets. The original wood deck and steps of the porch were replaced with concrete circa 1955. The Eastlake elements of the porch (i.e. lathe-turned posts, scroll-cut balustrade, etc.) are original. The woodwork on the house is mostly painted white with some slate blue and mauve accents. There was originally a parlor door under the southeast porch, but the door was removed and the opening blocked (circa 1960s). The main entrance faces north under a one-story hipped-roof porch at the northwest corner. The porch roof features a simple-gable projection with a sunburst in the gable trim. The porch supports are half-height Tuscan columns on plinths. The balustrade is similar to the east elevation porch. The front door is a half-glass wood door with carved Victorian ornamentation and sidelights. The glazing is colored and leaded-glass. The porch deck and steps were replaced with 1 2 Most of the ornamental cresting that appears in historic photographs of the house has been removed. A portion of the original unpainted red brick is visible on the interior of the enclosed porch on the rear elevation. 3 |
