Frederick Weistar House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Frederick Weistar House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Frederick Weistar House is a historic stone cottage house at 515 Chestnut Street in Chester, Illinois. The house was built circa 1859 for Frederick Weistar, a Swiss immigrant. The house has a vernacular design with a two-door facade pattern, in which two front doors provided access to each of the house's two first-floor rooms. The house itself was two rooms wide and one room deep which provided access to most of the house. While the two-door facade is common in vernacular architecture, the purpose of the two doors is historically disputed; as the form is especially prevalent in German vernacular architecture, it may have been inspired by traditional German architecture, though it may have also functioned as a way to separate public and private spaces in a home. This particular design of house was very popular for single-family residences.https://lewisandclark.travel/nomination/frederick-weistar-house/ The one-story limestone house also features a wooden front porch with carved columns and brackets, its only significant decorative element. Read more on Wikipedia
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