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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8->) United States Department of the Interior • National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 3 Dille/Probst House, St. Joseph County, Indiana course. The hipped tower roof is topped with a decorative metal cone topped by a ball. The east facade is divided into three bays (photo 2). The first or northernmost bay has only one round window located approximately half way up the first flight of interior stairs. The center bay projects one foot out from the wall of the first bay, which camouflages a down spout in this location. This bay has four symmetrically placed windows, two on each floor, and all have the decorative incised wood panels. The southernmost bay extends out another five feet and the inside corner has a north facing entrance porch. The hipped porch roof is supported by an original single turned porch post. The handicapped accessible ramp leads out from this side porch with a balustrade designed to be compatible with but not duplicate the front porch balustrade. The house is entered off the porch by a north facing original glazed and wood panel door with a transom and the decorative incised wood panel under a segmental -arch brick lintel. A narrow window is located on the second floor above the door and porch roof. The rear or southernmost bay has four asymmetrically placed windows, two on each floor. The second floor windows in this rear bay and the narrow window above the side porch do not have the incised panels. The rear of the building has six windows, three on each floor (photo 3). All of the first floor windows and the center second floor window have the incised panels. The back door is original and, similar to the side door, is a glazed and wood panel door with a transom and the decorative incised wood panel under a segmental -arch brick lintel. The back porch was recreated. One post from the original back porch still existed, but was too deteriorated to be used. New turned porch posts were milled to match the originals. The original balustrade did not survive, so the design of the new handicapped accessible ramp balustrade was employed. The west facade, like the east, is divided into three bays (photo 4). The rear or southernmost bay has one window on the first floor with the incised panel and two on the second floor without the incised panel. This rear section projects five feet beyond the main section of the building and has a north facing narrow second story window without the incised panel. The center bay has a projecting rectangular windowed bay that, like the first floor of the tower, has inset panels framed by quarter round trim beneath each of the four windows. This projecting bay extends from the foundation to the first floor and has a hipped roof. It is flanked by a single window to the north and a double window to the south, both with the incised panels. There are two windows with the incised panels