P. C. Bailey Residence. Dayton Smith Residence. Lewer Residence. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white photograph of the P. C. Bailey residence; located at 401 2nd Avenue N.E., Waseca, Minn.; one of Waseca's oldest homes built in 1868 as Waseca was being settled; placed on the National Historic Register in 1993; originally built by Dayton Smith, an accused horse thief, it was acquired in 1872 by P. C. Bailey, a hardware merchant who died in 1907; house was purchased by the Lewer family who owned it until 1991 when the WCHS acquired it; $30,000 grant was secured in 1997, volunteers renovated and turned the building into the WCHS Research Center.
