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Evergreen Hill Property Name worm 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 . Page 2 St. Joseph. Indiana County and State with a four -light storm. Each of these windows is topped with a window cap. Recessed from the main facade, the half - story above the kitchen has a window opening like the smaller window below. The size of this opening has been reduced in the current renovation by transforming the roof below from a flat roof into a shed roof. The upper half -story has a gable roof with asphalt shingles. The west facade has been covered on the first floor by a new addition. The kitchen gable has one small window facing west, which has been obscured by the new addition. The west facade of the second story of the house has two windows, one on either side of the half -story. These rear windows are the same size as the other windows in the house, but they have window caps instead of window hoods. The west facade of the sunroom, like the east facade, has six ten -light casement windows. : Iftnorth facade of the building has two small, offset, fixed windows, one at the first floor and one at the second floor oto 9). The first floor window is divided vertically into two lights, and is topped with a window cap. The second story wnidow is a single light and is also topped with a window cap. The north projection has two windows aligned vertically, one at the fust floor and one at the second floor. The north facade of the kitchen has two windows and a door. The lower half of the door is paneled and the upper half contains a single light. The door retains its original hardware, including a doorbell. There is a single light transom above the door. The ground floor window opening has been shortened and a new window has been installed. The upper story contains a six -fight fixed window. House Interior Notable features of the house interior are the original wood flooring, original window shutters, the main stairway, original doors (with hardware) and wood trim, and some original cabinets in the kitchen (Photos 10, 11, 12, and 13). Each of the original windows in the house have four, two piece shutters, two for the upper half of the window and two for the lower half (Photo 14). The shutters are in working condition and retain their original finish. The main stairway, to the second floor is a quarter turn stair situated along the north wall of the house (Photos 15 and 16). The newel, railing, and treads are unpainted. The doors and trim throughout the house are original, and have been painted. The second floor doors are four - paneled doors with single -light transoms above. Closet doors are four -paneled doors with no transoms (Photo 17). All doors appear to have their original hardware. The south side of the kitchen features two rooms, the westernmost containing some original cabinetry (Photo 18). There is one fireplace in the center of the house, which looks to have been converted to natural gas (Photo 19). The basement floor has been paved with brick, and the stone foundation walls have been covered with parging. Outbuildings A large frame shed lies to the southwest of the house (Photo 20). This structure has a rectangular footprint. It is covered clapboard and has five six -over -six double -hung windows and a four -paneled door. It rests on a new concrete Nundation and has an asphalt shingle roof. A smaller wood frame structure, the smokehouse, lies to the west of the house (Photo 21). It has vertical wood siding, a verticallysided front door, a new concrete slab foundation, and an asphalt shingle roof. Meat hooks are still in place in the smokehouse interior. There is a one -room wood frame cottage northwest of the house (Photos 22 and 23). The current property owners have been told this was a corncrib converted into a cottage. It is