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Everoreen Hill <br />Property Name <br />Iw10 gp0 -900 OMB No. 1024-0018 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES <br />CONTINUATION SHEET <br />Section number 7 - -Page 3 <br />St. Joseoh. Indiana <br />County and State <br />possible that this cottage may have been used to manufacture maple syrup. The exterior walls are covered with horizontal <br />wood siding, and the interior walls are finished with vertical planks (Photo 24). <br />The most prominent outbuilding on the property is the English barn located north of the house (Photos 25 and 26). The <br />east half of the barn rests on a stone foundation and the west half is elevated on a new concrete block foundation. The <br />barn is covered with vertical wood siding and has an asphalt shingle roof. The barn has several arched, louvered openings <br />symmetrically placed on its facades. Paired arched decorative elements have. been applied to the top of each gable. There is <br />a small, hinged door in the south fagade, and the two main sliding doors are located on the east fagade. There are also two <br />smaller sliding doors on the west fagade. <br />Cemetery <br />out seventy yards to the west of the house is a small family cemetery (Photo 27). The cemetery contains the graves of <br />Wer Rupel, his wife Christena, his parents Jacob and Ann, and his granddaughter Alda (Photos 28, 29, 30, and 31). The <br />stones have been maintained by the family and are in good condition (all inscriptions are readable). The base of each <br />gravesite is marked with a foot stone bearing the initials of the family member buried there. The cemetery has been <br />encompassed by a chain attached to support posts. <br />