Simon Weldele House

	Simon Weldele House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Simon Weldele House from the southeast
Location	311 River Street,; Delano, Minnesota
Coordinates	45°2′37.3″N 93°47′22.7″W / 45.043694°N 93.789639°W
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1893
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Wright County MRA
NRHP reference No.	79001266
Designated	December 11, 1979

The Simon Weldele House is a historic house in Delano, Minnesota, United States, built in 1893. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for having local significance in the theme of architecture.^[2] It was nominated as one of the few architecturally significant residences surviving in Delano, and a well-preserved example of the restrained Queen Anne houses once common in Wright County.^[3]

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The Simon Weldele House is a wood frame building rising two and a half stories. It is irregular in plan, with multiple gables emerging from a hip roof, and a polygonal corner tower. Elements of Queen Anne style include the wraparound porch with turned posts, fretwork gable panels, stained glass, and polychrome exterior.^[3]

History[edit]

Simon Weldele was born in 1860 in nearby Buffalo Township and moved to Delano, a growing railroad town, in 1884, where he opened a saloon. This house, constructed in 1893, was the first in Delano to have a hot water heater. Weldele was remembered for being active in civic and church affairs.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Weldele, Simon, House". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hackett, John J. (April 1978). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Weldele House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Weldele, Simon, House". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2015-06-19.

[Hackett-3] Hackett, John J. (April 1978). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Weldele House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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