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4 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 980 Zion Park Boulevard, Springdale, Washington County, Utah Building Style/Type: English Tudor, Craftsman / Period Revival Cottage page 2 No. Stories::....--..:....:....::~1% Foundation Material: ___S_a_n_d_st_o_n_e.:....,_C_o_n_cr_e_te_ _ _ _ Wall Material(s): __S.:....t.:....u.:....c_co_,:.-S_a_n_d_s_t_o_ne_ _ _ _ _ __ Additions: _none ~minor _major (describe below) Alterations: _none ~minor _major (describe below) Number of associated outbuildings ------>3<--_ and/or structures Briefly describe the principal building, additions or alterations and their dates, and associated outbuildings and structures. Use continuation sheets as necessary. The Herbert and Lillian Christensen House is a 1%-story period revival cottage built in 1936. It is located at 980 Zion Park Boulevard in Springdale, Utah. The frame house is an eclectic mix of stucco, cobblestone, and sandstone. The style is a hybrid of English Tudor and Craftsman influences. The house is distinctive and is referred to by some locals as the "fairytale" or "storybook" cottage. The foundation is sandstone blocks and concrete. The stucco walls are accented with cobblestone tapered pillars and window surrounds. The roof is covered in wood shingles. The house is currently used as a bed & breakfast with the owners living in the basement. There are three additional buildings on the property: cottage (circa 1940, moved circa 1990), cabin (circa 1980), and garage (circa 2002). The wedge-shaped parcel is 0.42 acres. The yard is landscaped around the buildings and include a large gravel driveway. The Christensen House has some interior and rear remodeling, but from the street has excellent historic integrity in all seven qualities of integrity. It is currently called Under the Eaves Inn. MAIN HOUSE The house is 23 feet wide by 44 feet deep with the narrow end facing the street. The fagade is angled to the southeast, but for the purposes of this form will be considered the east elevation. The house features a recessed porch at the southeast corner. On the rear (west) elevation, there is a projecting bay that is 12 feet wide by 5 feet deep. The house has a fully-excavated basement with the sandstone foundation visible on most of the interior walls. The walls are frame and covered with stucco on all four elevations. The ridgeline of the main roof is perpendicular to the street. There are two simple gable dormers on the south side and one on the north. At the front and rear of the main roof, the steep roof is hipped with a simple gable over the projecting southwest corner. On the rear elevation, the 1%-story projecting has a simple gable and is flanked by the lower roof lines. The roof currently is sheathed in wood shingles. All of the gables have bell cast eaves with simple wood cornices and decorative ball finials . The fagade gable features cornice returns. The brick chimney is on the south side of the ridgeline in the center of the house. Along with the steeply pitched roof, the fagade ornamentation gives the house its "storybook" appeal [Figures 1-4]. Large stone blocks were used to create the porch's staggered stairs. The wrought-iron rails are a recent addition. There are two courses of ashlar rock-faced red sandstone blocks above and between the basement windows. At the corners, the sandstone blocks are tapered outward to match the slope of the tapering piers of cobblestone at the corners. The front window features a rock-faced sandstone sill and two smooth stone lintels. The two doublehung windows are separated and also flanked by a stacked stone block surround . The windows are the original three-over-one wood sash windows. Two decorative stone arches spring from impost blocks at the lintel ends. Each arch has a sandstone keystone. The green-painted stucco gable trim is accented by a vertical strip of wood (painted red) that splits into three lines. The tapered piers and the wood details give the cottage a Craftsman look in an otherwise English Tudor-style residence. The corner of the porch is supported on a unique hexagonal column on a half-height sandstone pier. Under the recessed porch, there are two doors, each with a stone lintel and surround. The doors are Victorian-style with oval lights that appear to be replacements for the original. Another three-overone window is under the porch. The north elevation features three similar three-over-one windows with stone surrounds. The dormer is covered in stucco with wood-strip ornamentation that mimics the fagade . The dormer windows are one-over-one replacements (circa 1983, painted white). There is a row of cobblestones above the ashlar foundation along the north and south elevations. The south elevation is very similar to the north, except there are more openings: four original windows and a door. 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 1%-story projecting rear wing was completed in 1982-1983. It is covered in stucco, with a stone course at the foundation level. There is a newer door with an oval light on the main level. In the upper level, there is a gothic-style window that was removed from a church and installed in 1983 (painted red and white). The eaves are belcast, but there are exposed purloins 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.