Robert S. Vessey House

The Robert S. Vessey House, on College Avenue[note 1] in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

Robert S. Vessey House
2017 photo
Location109 College Ave., Wessington Springs, South Dakota
Coordinates44°04′49″N 98°34′27″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1906
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Dutch Colonial
NRHP reference No.78002560[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1978

It is a two-story Dutch Colonial-style house, with three dormers above its front porch, built on a somewhat terraced corner lot.[2]

It was home of Robert S. Vessey, who became governor of the state. The house was deemed significant in architecture and government: "Architecturally its Swedish-Dutch Colonial appearance makes it one of the better examples of every twentieth century architecture in Wessington Springs. Politically the structure is important for it housed Vessey when he was elected governor in 1908."[2]

Notes
  1. The NRHP nomination for the Vessey house gives its address as "118 College Avenue". However, in the 2017 photo above, the house number "109" is visible on the right side of the doorframe. The 109 number is visible also in Google Street view image captured in 2013, viewed in 2018. The address listed on the NRHP in 1977 was in error or a renumbering has since occurred.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Scott Gerloff (1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Robert S. Vessey House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 14, 2018. With three photos from 1976.
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