Alois and Annie Weber House
{{short description|Historic house in Iowa, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Alois and Annie Weber House
| nrhp_type =
| image = Alois and Annie Weber House.jpg
| caption = Front and southeastern side
| location = 802 Orleans Ave.
Keokuk, Iowa
| coordinates = {{coord|40|24|9|N|91|22|44|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Iowa#USA
| area = less than one acre
| built = c. 1873
| architect =
| architecture = Second Empire
| added = April 16, 2002
| mpsub =
| refnum = 02000375{{NRISref|2009a}}
}}
The Alois and Annie Weber House is a historic building located in Keokuk, Iowa, United States.{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places |url=https://keokukiowatourism.org/keokuk-attractions/national-register-of-historic-places/ |website=KEOKUK AREA CONVENTION & TOURISM BUREAU |access-date=22 June 2024}} The significance of the three-story house is its association with the period of industrial growth in the city when it was built and as a fine local example of the Second Empire style.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=02000375}}|title=Justice Samuel Freeman Miller House|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2019-01-15|author=Diane Berner}} with {{NRHP url|id=02000375|photos=y|title=photos}} It features an asymmetrical concave mansard roof, decorative brackets, and pedimented dormer windows. The house is noteworthy for its tall narrow windows and high ceilings.{{cite web|url=http://www.keokukiowatourism.org/historic_places/index.php|title=Keokuk’s National Register of Historic Places|publisher=City of Keokuk|accessdate=2011-05-19|author=|archive-date=2017-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607145324/http://www.keokukiowatourism.org/historic_places/index.php|url-status=dead}} Two additions were added to the rear of the house not long after the main house was built. The Queen Anne-style wraparound porch is supported by 14 classical columns. It also features a balustrade and spindlework along the beadboard ceiling. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Alois Weber founded A. Weber & Co., a hardware business and was known throughout the Midwest. He ran the business until his death in 1917. His wife Annie owned a millinery shop from 1856 to 1887. She died in 1898.
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Category:Houses completed in 1873
Category:Second Empire architecture in Iowa
Category:Houses in Keokuk, Iowa
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Iowa
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