Welty's General Store is a store in
Dubois, Wyoming
Dubois is a town in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 971 at the 2010 census, but dropped to 911 in the 2020 census. The population nearly doubles in the summer with many part-time residents.
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Welty's was first established in 1889 in a
log cabin just outside of the town, by Frank A. Welty. The store was placed next to the homestead cabin of his father, Dr. Francis Welty. In 1897 George Hays and Huey Yeomans built a general store in Dubois. Welty purchased the store in 1898 and moved his operation into town, dismantling the first building and appending it to the new store. Both buildings were of log construction with an earth roof.
An addition was built in 1915 out to the street. In 1922 more frontage was added, with a log portico at the entrance. Further additions in the 1950s expanded the wings to provide more sales space. A steeply-pitched log-framed roof was added to the front at this time, while the sod-roofed portions remained.
Welty's was a general mercantile store, providing a broad range of merchandise to an isolated community. It also provided other services, functioning as the post office and Dr. Welty's medical office until Dr. Welty's death in 1919. Welty's was a
John Deere dealer and stocked farm and ranch supplies.
After his passing, the store was operated by his son, Frank A. Welty Jr.
The store was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1979.
It is operated by the founder's grandson, Frank A. Welty III.
References
External links
Welty's General Storeat the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
Commercial buildings completed in 1889
Buildings and structures in Fremont County, Wyoming
Rustic architecture in Wyoming
Dubois, Wyoming
National Register of Historic Places in Fremont County, Wyoming
1889 establishments in Wyoming Territory
General stores in the United States
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