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Show OM B No. 1024·0018, NPS Form United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. Z Page 2 Grafton Historic District, Rockville, Washington County, UT • The David and Maria Ballard House, c. 19 ,is a od frame one-and-a-half story house with novelty siding on the fayade to the north and bo CLa nd--batt n siding on the other elevations (Photo #4) . The attic has two small symmetrically placed wint1ow"s the west elevation. The fayade has a central entrance door with flanking windows. Th oof the rear addition was rebuilt with new rafters, roof decking and shingles in 2001 . Repair and replacement of materials in kind and new wooden railing was done on the hip-roofed front porch in 2003. • The John, Sr., and Ellen Wood House was built c. 1877 of fired brick (Photo #5) . It is side-gabled with two corbelled chimneys and a wooden shed-roofed front porch facing to the east. The brick was replaced and repointed as needed in 1999. The cellar entrance at the rear was rebuilt with basalt wall stone replacements, new stairs, door casing and lintel. The roof was reshingled as needed and the " side porches on the south and north were reconstructed. On the interior damaged floorboards were replaced and living room walls were replastered. Ancillary .buildings include the (oliowing:... I"AO-t.. ~(~W~ (Q...~\M l ta<\e-f~"I.U)J) (I\. (~,. e.~l\.Lo.:t ~ ~ ~ ~~~ 4 ~ ~ --:~ • The small frame shed at the rear of the Louisa Russell House (Photo #6) was raisedo~ nd leveled with approximately 40% of the historic building fabric replaced in 1999. Q...{:t~ ~ • The lar~ ntermo'u ~tain barn was built c. 1907 to the west of the David and Maria Ballard House (Photo #7). The entrance is on the narrow gable end and it has a flanking shed-roofed sidewing. No restoration work has been documented on the barn . • The one-room raised log granary (Prior to 1900) to the east of the David and Maria Ballard House (Photo #8) has had no known restoration work. It has a low-pitched front-gabled roof with planks at the gable ends. • The two-room log barn c. 1877 to the south of the John, Sr., & Ellen Wood House (Photo #9) was in an advanced state of deterioration prior to being rebuilt in 2000. The roof pitch matches that in an historic photo and original logs were reassembled in their original position with new below-grade concrete reinforcing the corner posts. • The c. 1877 log granary on stilts to the south of the John, Sr., & Ellen Wood House (Photo #10) was raised ~~~Jftd and set on native stone supports rather than the ori~ nal juniper corner posts. The existingJOOf was replaced at some point prior to 1998. I)J \>-l ~-f-..f~ ~-P·;;··L~ ~'l'~ (wl...4 ' All of the extant buildings date from between 1862 and 1907 and remain essentially unaltered, with the exception of natural deterioration and recent restoration efforts. The buildings remain as they were constructed , without electricity, gas, modern plumbing, or telephones . Classical styles were very popular throughout America during the mid-nineteenth century, as they symbolized the Greek democracy on which our nation was founded. Symmetrical floor plans and elevations also reflected these traditional values , often following the ideal proportions set out by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea |
