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Show Architect/Builder: Severine Jensen Building Materials: adobe w OC ————————————————————:——————————•-———————————————————————————————————————————————————'————————————————•——————————————— 2 Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: y t- Building Type/Style: vernacular (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) I o < This house is a one»and>a'»half story hall and parlor type house. The original adobe was plastered over and marked with red brick dye to simulate bricks, The Jensen house plaster was white (very smooth) with the tnortar lines red to present an interest* ing variation on the red with white lines style common in Sanpete County, The house has a five^-opening asymmetrical facade? window-door-window*door-window, The plan and piercing pattern seem common in Sanpete, The Niels Borreson house on Spring City's main street is a full two story example of this type of arrangement and might have antecedents in Northern Europe, The house has excellent milled spindle work on the front porch, which extends the length of the house, and on the upstairs door on the north gable, The house has been modernized internally by the Sorensen's and a new stucco coating now disguises the brilliance of theyoriginal plaster work. g > Q Statement of Historical Significance: D Q; B D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture • The Arts Commerce D D D O D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry O Military D Mining a Minority Groups apolitical a Recreation D a a D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation The house is historically significant because of its unusual plan and the role that this type of plan can play in understanding early nineteenths-century folk housing prac tices among Mormon immigrants, 1870 patent deed to Jens Severine Jensen, |
