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next door from 1916 to 1926. That structure was previously Porter House
referred to as “The Flats” and had been owned by Napoleon 5. 410 W. Park
Welcome. The Hess Hotel: Was it a brothel or a boarding house?

The Hess Hotel (Brothel) burned down in 1926 under suspicious
circumstances.
Built 1911

Architectural Style: Queen

4. M.L. Weed House Anne
208 Cedar
This house was built in
1911 by a local railroad
man. Mr. Porter’s sons,
Charles and Bill, were still
Built 1912
living in the area in 1976. It
represents Queen Anne
style.
In 1912, the
M.L. Weed
House was Anton Fischer House
constructed on 6.
Cedar Street, 111 Cedar Street
south of the
Bad River. The
man who owned the house was the proprietor of a grocery store in
Fort Pierre and his wife was the Stanley County superintendent.
Their home was later sold to Isabel Warne, who ran a grocery Built 1911
store on Main Avenue in what is now Buckin’ Swank Leather. The
house features a cozy front porch held up by columns and a third Architectural
story attic. Style: Queen
Anne

The home is currently owned by Buddy Cronin.
Anton Fischer
came to Fort
Pierre in 1889 with
his brother Frank
and established a general store that supplied the booming town

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