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Show 4 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 980 Zion Park Boulevard, Springdale, Washington County, Utah page 3 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). The parlor features a Victorian-era mirrored mantelpiece with a brick inset and a stone hearth (not original) . 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. At the rear of the main floor are two bedrooms, each with a private bath (Units #1-2). 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. The sleeping area are at the gable ends with a kitchenette in the center (Unit #3). 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 . 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 cabin was built in the 1920s or 1930s. The cabin has three units and is called the Garden Cottage. 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. The building 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 wroughtiron 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. The basement unit also has a bathroom (Unit #6). Unit #7 is in a separate building on the sloping site above the back lawn. 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. The third outbuilding is a frame garage with a simple gable roof that is also used as a shop and for storage. It has a simple gable roof covered in wood shingles. The shiplap siding is wood and the windows and doors are final. 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) .1 Just beyond the boundaries, the northsouth 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. 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. The neighborhood is a mix of historic and newer homes, businesses, and hotels. 1 The road was originally called Highway 15 and also Springdale's Main Street. also known as the Mt. Carmel Highway. It is currently State Highway 9. Through the national park, it is |
