The Weber House is a historic building located in

Guttenberg, Iowa Guttenberg is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States, along the Mississippi River. The population was 1,817 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 1,987 at the 2000 census. History Prairie La Porte, meaning "the door to the prairi ...

, United States. It was built by Dr. Weber, a German immigrant surgeon, sometime before 1858. It is also possible his name was George Wehmer. with Subsequently, the house was associated with the Freidlein and Zimmerman families who owned a nearby

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and

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. Initially, the 1½-story brick structure was in a "T" shape with a full size porch across the front. The house has been added onto the rear. A two-frame kitchen wing had been added to the north side around 1900, and is no longer extant. There was also a summer kitchen on the property at one time. The building was listed on the

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in 1984.

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Houses in Guttenberg, Iowa Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Clayton County, Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub