Frederick Weistar House

	Frederick Weistar House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	515 Chestnut St., Chester, Illinois
Coordinates	37°54′15″N 89°49′44″W / 37.90417°N 89.82889°WCoordinates: 37°54′15″N 89°49′44″W / 37.90417°N 89.82889°W
Built	c. 1859
Architectural style	Two-door facade
NRHP reference No.	100002573
Added to NRHP	June 15, 2018

The Frederick Weistar House is a historic 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. 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. The one-story limestone house also features a wooden front porch with carved columns and brackets, its only significant decorative element.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 2018; its name was misspelled "Frederick Weister House" in its listing.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/10/2018 Through 6/15/2018". National Park Service. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
^ Foley, Terri L. (June 7, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Weistar, Frederick House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved December 1, 2019.^{[dead link]}

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[NPS-1] "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/10/2018 Through 6/15/2018". National Park Service. Retrieved December 1, 2019.

[2] Foley, Terri L. (June 7, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Weistar, Frederick House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved December 1, 2019.^{[dead link]}

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