Clarkson & Anna Weesner House

313 West Hill Street

Built: 1885

Style: Queen Anne

Clarkson Weesner, one of Wabash's most prominent citizens, and his wife Anna built this home. Mr. Weesner served as deputy treasurer, county clerk, city clerk, mayor of Wabash, and president of the Old Settlers Association.

This Queen Anne-style home was included in Wilbur Peat's classic book, Indiana Houses of the Nineteenth Century, and is one of the best examples of the style in Wabash. Interesting features of the structure include the two tiers of porches with fretwork and balustrades on the façade, the side veranda, diagonally-cut corners, projecting rectangular bay at one of the corners, and dormer windows with varied shapes.