title: Franz Schwarzer House
text: # Franz Schwarzer House
  
  Franz Schwarzer House is a historic home located at Washington, Franklin County, Missouri. It was built in two sections. The first section was built before 1868, and is a two-story, gable-roofed clapboarded structure with a one-story, lean-to addition. A two-story, hip-roofed brick dwelling of ell-shaped plan, was added in 1872. It features an ornate widow's walk and gingerbread porch/balcony in the Victorian $style.^{:2}$
  
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
  
  