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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION This is a two story Italianate Hybrid style house. It has a gabled roof with asphalt shingles and one brick chimney. The walls are made of running bond brick with a solid stone foundation. The house has two over two double -hung wood window units through out the structure with one over one units located in the front bay window. The windows are also bow fronts with dentils, rounded arch filled in segmental arches and ogee segmental heads with keystones. The front door is wood with single upper pane of glass. Since the survey was completed in 1975 the then missing front porch has since been reconstructed with a slightly pitched roof held up by four wood turned posts on top of a cement pad. The owner has also added a large pole barn toward the rear and a small one- story addition with porch of the rear of the house. RECOMMENDATION Based on the Historic Preservation Commission's Local Landmark Criteria's adopted by the County Council, the building at 51991 Ash Road has been recommended to the County Council for designation as a Local Landmark by the Historic Preservation Commission. The building meets the following three criteria: 1) Its embodiment of elements or architectural design, detail, material or craftsmanship which represents an architectural characteristic or innovation; 2) Its suitability for preservation; 3) Its identification with the life of a person or persons of historical significance. The structure fulfills criteria #1 as an excellent example of a late 1800's Italianate Hybrid farmhouse. It is rated a Significant 12 in the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. The building fulfills criteria 42 by the integrity of its original construction with little significant change to the structure. It is a splendid example of a lat 1800' rural adaptation of an Italianate style house. The building fulfills criteria #3 by its association with John G. Smith, a pioneer farmer of Harris Township. 4