The former Weaver Mercantile anchors Weaver.
MY KNOWLEDGE OF WEAVER is limited mostly to visual impressions. Digital images taken during a brief stop last September document an unincorporated Mississippi River settlement rich in history. That history reveals itself in aged buildings, like Weaver Mercantile.
Weaver United Methodist Church with an historic former schoolhouse next door.
A block or so away, Weaver United Methodist Church still welcomes the faithful into the congregation’s original house of worship. Except on Sundays when the temperature plummets to 10 degrees below zero or colder. The church building maintains its historic charm with modern touches, according to the church website. Indoor plumbing was only just installed in 2008.
The old schoolhouse is painted a lovely buttery yellow.
Next to the church rests a lovely 1910 one-room schoolhouse, restored in 2008 by a couple for use as a get-away cottage and a weaving studio.
An unidentified building near the schoolhouse.
And then there’s an aged boxy building topped by a cupola. Perhaps a former creamery?
Even the schoolhouse bell tower was restored.
Places like Weaver—home to about 50 residents along U.S. Highway 61 north of Winona—intrigue me. I am always pleased to discover such settlements where remnants of history remain in aged buildings. I long to step inside these buildings, to open front doors like I am opening a book of stories.
© Copyright 2016 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
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