Detail: 12320 West Rd Zionsville Indiana: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Residential building

Location

Address:

12320 West Rd

City:

Zionsville

County:

Hamilton

State/Province/Region:

Indiana

Zip/Postal Code:

46077

Country:

United States

Other Address or Location Information:

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

1709310000029000

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

suburban/ rural

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

1.00 acre

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

/ /

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Syphers House

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1950-1959

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1957

Source for Known Construction Date:

Hamilton County GIS

Architect/Designer:

Developer:

Builder:

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

This property is located on West Road near the western border of Clay Township. At the time of its original construction, the property was largely surrounded by farmland and scattered farmsteads. By the 1980s and early 1990s, large homes were built in the vicinity and some larger subdivisions existed to the north and the south.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

ranch

Style, Primary:

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

multiple

Structural System:

balloon frame

Foundation:

Concrete

Basement:

none

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Low side gable

Roof Material

replacement asphalt shingles

Roof remarks/description:

The roof features a protruding cross gable on the north end forming the L-shaped wing.

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

original brick veneer

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

original

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

casements

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

one

Chimney Placement 1:

center rear slope brick

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

inset

Porch Type:

entry porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Single Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Single Dwelling

Function remarks:

Listed, Designated, or Protected Status

Status Code:

Listed at the national level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Designated at State/Province level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Designated Locally?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Protected by ordinance or regulation?:

Protection status, remarks:

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility

Potentially eligible for historic/heritage designation?

Level of potential eligibility

Rating or Rank

Contributing

Recommended as a potential landmark?

Criteria:

Significance and Context

Theme(s)

Period of significance

Significance/Context Remarks

Area(s) of Significance

Ancillary Structures / Outbuildings

Number of ancillary structures / outbuildings:

Secondary structure type

Contributing to primary property?

Ancillary structures remarks or description:

Condition and Alterations

Character of modifications:

Little or no modification

General Condition:

Fair

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

small rear porch addition

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

Addition Height:

single-story

Addition Placement:

rear

Addition Type:

frame porch

Nature of additions:

Endangered / Threatened

Endangered by:

Endangered/Threatened remarks:

Recommendations:

Contact:

Tourism / Featured Destination

Open to the public:

Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:

For Sale, Rent, or Lease

Property Classification:

Sale status:

Sale remarks:

Owner

Ownership type:

Private

Name of Owner:

Elizabeth L. Syphers

Owner Mailing Address:

12320 West Road, Zionsville, IN 46077

Legal Description of Property/Comments:

Survey and Recorder

Authorized Resource Number or ID :

X057-098-00006

Optional Tracking or Sequence Number:

Alternate Resource ID or Key:

Survey Date:

June 10, 2013

Surveyed By:

Douglas Owen and Anne Moore

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Carmel/Clay Township History Architecture Survey

Level of Survey:

reconnaissance

Sources, References, Bibliography

Previously Surveyed?

Name of Previous Survey:

Additional Research Recommended?

Other Sources of Information:

Visual ID, owner interviews, county interim report, county atlases and histories, historical topo maps, cornerstone dates

General Remarks:

This is a lightly altered example of a ranch house that retains the majority of its historic integrity.

Latitude:	39.9664202758869300
Longitude:	-86.2366589128627700
UTM:	Zone 16S 565190.8133 mE, 4424309.1614 mN
Datum	WGS84

Attached Files

None

Located in

City of Carmel/Clay Township Historic Architecture Survey

12320 West Rd Zionsville, Indiana United States

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