100 East Second Street - Hermann Historic District - Hermann, MO - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

County of house: Gasconade County
Location of house: E. 2nd St. & Market St., SE corner, Hermann
Built: 1840/1850/1880
Architectural Style: Gable Front

100 East 2nd Street, Vollersten-Seibs House, c. 1840/1850/1880, Contributing (survey #46)
Small, 1-story brick gable front house with stone foundation. The central door has a singlebay gable front porch (c. 1880) supported by turned posts. There are decorative scrolled cutout railings. The entrance is flanked 6/6 segmental arch windows. A shed roof single-car garage has been added to the east side, and a c. 1880 addition to the rear." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

"The earliest section was built 'by John Vollersten ca. 1840 with a major addition made in 1855 by John G. Seibs. Only a fragment of the earlier building survives in the present structure; the flat arch window opening on the east elevation would seem to indicate as much. Vollersten died and Seibs took control of the property with the surviving Vollersten children living in the household with him in 1850. In the summer of 1855 Seibs made a substantial addition to the building and altered the earlier building. The 1869 birdseye view of Hermann shows the present brick building. The porch was added in the 1880s, probably while owned by Gottlieb Buske, a prosperous blacksmith. The rear frame addition may date to the same period.

"General description: One story rectangle shaped building built in two parts. The first is brick laid in common bond and the second is frame covered with lap siding p Both have a coursed stone foundation, though the brick (first section) has concrete over the foundation.

"Setting: The building is set virtually to the sidewalk on the facade and along the west side. The house sets on the southeast corner of Second and Market streets." ~ DNR Historic Survey  pages 179-184, part I