Dr. W.C. Wightman House

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Dr. W. C. Wightman House
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Location 702 Lincoln St., Wayne, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°14′9″N97°1′15″W / 42.23583°N 97.02083°W / 42.23583; -97.02083 Coordinates: 42°14′9″N97°1′15″W / 42.23583°N 97.02083°W / 42.23583; -97.02083
Area less than one acre
Built 1900
Architectural style Shingle Style
NRHP reference # 78001717 [1]
Added to NRHP June 13, 1978

The Dr. W. C. Wightman House in Wayne, Nebraska was built in Shingle Style in 1900. Also known as the Rollie W. Ley House and as the Wightman-Ley House, it is a two-and-a-half-story house with a large porch around two sides of its first story. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

Wayne, Nebraska City in Nebraska, United States

Wayne is a city in Wayne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,660 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wayne County and the home of Wayne State College.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

It was built for Dr. W. C. Wightman, a doctor for the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Wightman moved to California in 1912 and sold the home to Rollie W. Ley. Ley worked his way up from clerk at the Wayne State National Bank (in 1899) to become president and chairman of the bank's board (in 1924).

The house was deemed in its NRHP nomination to be "a fine example of the Shingle Style mode of architecture. Though a vernacular version of the style, this house has many characteristic features, such as the shingled upper floors over the clapboarded first floor, Palladian windows in the gables, elaborate wood paneled entry hall with window seat, fireplace and winding staircase, the generally open floor plan and the exquisite parquette flooring on first floor. Modest examples of this style which utilized more obvious classical motifs were more popular in Nebraska than the fully developed mode." [2]

In 1978 the house was under restoration by the Wayne County Historical Society. [2]

In 2010 the house served as the Wayne County Museum.

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