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The '''Alois and Annie Weber House''' is a historic building located in [[Keokuk, Iowa]], United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places |url=https://keokukiowatourism.org/keokuk-attractions/national-register-of-historic-places/ |website=KEOKUK AREA CONVENTION & TOURISM BUREAU |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> The significance of the three-story house is its association with the period of industrial growth in the city when it was built and as a fine local example of the [[Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada|Second Empire]] style.<ref name=Berner>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=02000375}}|title=Justice Samuel Freeman Miller House|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=2019-01-15|author=Diane Berner}} with {{NRHP url|id=02000375|photos=y|title=photos}}</ref> It features an asymmetrical concave [[mansard roof]], decorative brackets, and [[pediment]]ed [[dormer]] windows. The house is noteworthy for its tall narrow windows and high ceilings.<ref name=Keokuk>{{cite web|url=http://www.keokukiowatourism.org/historic_places/index.php|title=Keokuk’s National Register of Historic Places|publisher=City of Keokuk|accessdate=2011-05-19|author=|archive-date=2017-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607145324/http://www.keokukiowatourism.org/historic_places/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two additions were added to the rear of the house not long after the main house was built. The [[Queen Anne architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]]-style wraparound porch is supported by 14 classical columns. It also features a [[balustrade]] and spindlework along the beadboard ceiling. The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002.<ref name=nris/>
Alois Weber founded A. Weber & Co., a hardware business and was known throughout the [[Midwest]].<ref name=Keokuk/> He ran the business until his death in 1917. His wife Annie owned a [[millinery]] shop from 1856 to 1887. She died in 1898.
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