Weber House, built by Martin Weber in 1855, shortly after the purchase of the lot. Weber was a successful butcher, who had immigrated to the United States from France—probably one of the German-speaking provinces—in the late 1840s. Apparently, the butcher shop was on the adjacent lot to the east.

In the fall of 1864 Confederate General Marmaduke came through Hermann. Martin Weber stayed behind to fight while the women and children of the family fled with others to Graf's Island in the Missouri River The family left their most precious belongings behind, tied in a sack and hung in a cistern. It was never found by the Rebels.

October 14, 1864—Letters from the Civil War
Maj. Gen. Marmaduk to Lieut. Col. Maclean

"Arrival at Hermann and capture of arms. Outlook on destroying Gasconade Bridge and the need to move up the river to cross afterwards."