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Show United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Christensen , Herbert & Lillian , House Name of Property OMB No. 1024-0018 Washington County, Utah County and State enlarged in 2010 and filled with wood sash replacements. Because of the sloping site, there are two windows on either side of the projecting rear wing where the sills are almost at grade. The rear wing has a stone course at the foundation level [Photograph 5]. There is a newer door with an oval light on the main level. In the upper level of the rear elevation, there is a Gothic-style window that was salvaged from a church and installed in 1983 (painted red and white). 1 The eaves are belcast, but there are exposed purlins behind the gable cornice. The metal fan-shaped brise solei! was installed in 2017. There is a canvas canopy along the south elevation shading a walled garden area [Photograph 6]. Main House - Interior On the interior, the house has 1,084 square feet of space on the main floor, 1,084 square feet of space in the basement, and approximately 500 square feet of space in the upper floor. The interior has had several updates, beginning in the early 1980s when it was converted to a bed & breakfast. The front porch doors enter directly into the dining room (north) and the parlor/sitting room (south) [Photographs 9-10]. The parlor features a Victorian-era mirrored mantelpiece with a brick inset and a stone hearth (historic but moved from another location during a recent remodeling) [Photograph 11]. There is a large opening between the rooms with continuous hardwood floors. The updated kitchen is to the west with a small mudroom to the side door [Photograph 13]. At the rear of the main floor are two bedrooms, each with a private bath (Units #1-2) [Photograph 14]. Between the bedrooms is a short stair to the rear door and the staircase to the upper floor. The upper floor is a single open space except for the partitioned bathroom, which was finished in 1982-1983. There are sleeping areas at the gable ends with a kitchenette in the center (Unit #3) [Photograph 15]. The ceiling is nearly the full height of the attic. The basement was remodeled in 2010 for use as the owners' residence. In the rear half, near the stairs is an office space, bedroom and bathroom. The front half is an open living room with a stone mantel (not historic). The sandstone walls are exposed [Photograph 16]. Accessory Buildings Two of the three non-contributing accessory buildings are currently used as units for the bed & breakfast. The other is a garage workshop. The oldest building is a frame cottage located just north of the main house. It is a one-story building that was moved from Zion National Park to this location around 1993. The tax assessor records provides a date of 1940, but other sources suggest the cottage was built in the 1920s or 1930s. The building at its present site is considered non-contributing due to the relocation and the new raised foundation, which has changed its character. The cottage has three units and is called the Garden Cottage [Photographs 17-18]. It has a footprint of 12 feet wide and approximately 24 feet long with doors at the narrow ends. There is a projecting wing in the center of the north elevation. 1 Initially, there was a question regarding the date of the rear section-whether or not it was an addition . However, in a conversation the current owner had with Eldon Christensen (the son of the original owners who spent his early years in the house), Christensen described the rear section as he remembered it and it exists now as he remembers it. The only major change is the 1980s addition of the Gothic-style church window. Section 7 page 6 |
