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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. 1024-001 8 Washington County, Utah County and State The Garden Cottage sits on a concrete foundation with a rubble stone facing. A door to the basement is under the center projecting wing. The main roof is a simple with an intersecting gable over the projection. The roof is wood shingles. The walls are clad in shiplap siding with both vertical, diagonal and corner boards. The doors and windows are replacements (circa 1993). The south unit is accessed from a wood deck (Unit #4). The north unit has stone steps and a stone deck with a wrought-iron rail from the front yard and a newel post from the same church as the rear window in the main house (Unit #5). Each unit has a bathroom located in the projecting wing [Photographs 19-20]. The basement unit also has a bathroom (Unit #6). Unit #7 is in a separate building on the sloping site above the back lawn [Photograph 21]. This building was a wood shop/shed prior to being converted to an art studio in 2002. It is called the Garden Cabin. The tax assessor provides a date of 2005 for this building, but it appears to have been on the property since the early 1990s. The original footprint was 11 by 16 feet. The walls are vertical wood siding . The building has non-historic horizontal windows and French doors. In 2010, a bathroom addition was built on west elevation when the art studio was converted to a bedroom unit [Photograph 22]. The third outbuilding is a frame garage that is also used as a shop and for storage [Photographs 23]. It has a simple gable roof covered in wood shingles . The shiplap siding is wood and the windows and doors are vinyl. The foundation is concrete and the building was added to the site around 2005. Site The Christensen House sits in the southeast corner of an irregular shaped parcel of 0.42 acres. The east half is a triangular piece that follows the path of Zion Park Boulevard [Maps #1-2]. 2 Just beyond the boundaries, the north-south road turns sharply to the east. The front of the house is landscaped with lawn, trees and a fountain. The stone and wrought-iron fencing was added sometime before the 1980s. The south side yard is devoted to a patio garden. The rear yard is mostly lawn with mature trees and flower beds. The north half of the triangle is a gravel parking area. The north section of the parcel is divided between a steeply sloped rock garden path to the cabin unit and areas of less formal local plantings. Beyond the cabin is undeveloped land. The property includes several non-historic objects, such as a bird house, rain barrel, fountain, statuary, and signage, but none have been included as resources [Photographs 23- 24]. The neighborhood is a mix of historic and newer homes, businesses, and hotels. 2 Zion Park Boulevard was historically called Highway 15 and also Springdale's Main Street. It is currently State Highway 9. Through the national park, it is also known as the Mt. Carmel Highway. Section 7 page 7 |
