Resource Number: 5BL.6881 Temporary Resource Number: N/A 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood – Horizontal Siding 18. Roof configuration: Pyramidal (main); Hipped (porch); Shed (rear additions) 19. Primary external roof material: Metal 20. Special features: Dormer, porch
21. General architectural description: The Roney Farmhouse comprises a one-story, rectangular plan, pyramidal-roof farmhouse. The house is clad in white horizontal wood siding, and the roof is covered with gray metal sheeting. The house faces north towards Valmont Road. The front porch comprises a concrete floor that extends nearly the length of the north façade, four wood support posts, and a hipped roof. A single hipped rectangular dormer window with diamond panes overlooks the north façade. Two rear additions, constructed consecutively one onto the other, feature shed roofs. The north façade features a central wood door between two boarded wooden double-hung sash windows. A plaque mounted on the façade to the west of the door gives a brief description of the property’s history and local landmark status. The east elevation features two boarded windows on the main structure and one on the first (north) rear addition. The south elevation features a boarded door with a concrete stoop at the east end, followed by two boarded windows. The west elevation contains one boarded window in the first addition and two boarded windows in the main structure. A cellar entrance is situated near the south end of the east elevation. 22. Architectural style/building type: 20 th century farmhouse 23. Landscaping or special setting features: 5BL.6881 is located in a lightly developed, formerly agricultural area. Although dense residential and commercial developments are located less than a quarter-mile away to the east and west, 5BL.6881 is buffered by the Valmont City Park to the south and east and by the Valmont Bike Park to the north. These parks have restricted development in the immediate area surrounding the Roney Farmhouse, preserving a sense of an isolated, pastoral lifestyle.
Several landscaping features are present within 5BL.6881, described below.
Feature 1: Visible along the south elevation and wrapping slightly around the southeast corner of the residence are the remains of a mixed flagstone and concrete patio. Most of this patio area is in ruins; the most intact portion is located at the southeast corner of the residence next to a well or cistern (see Feature 6 in #24 below). The patio area measures approximately 23 feet east-west × 14 feet north-south.
Feature 2: A small concrete stoop on the south elevation leads to a long concrete sidewalk that runs due south. The sidewalk measures approximately 2 feet wide × 70 feet long.
Feature 3: A linear concrete foundation wall that runs north-south near the east edge of the site boundary may have been the base or footing for a fence that once surrounded the property. The fence has been removed
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