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It was built in 1800 as a two room log cabin and fur trading post and was eventually expanded into a 22-room mansion. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1980 [ 2 ] It is one of the oldest houses in Missouri and is open for tours by the Florissant Historical Society.
He immigrated to the United States in 1850. Franz was hired as a farmworker near Bridgeton, Missouri and soon decided to mine for gold in California. He mined gold for seven years and came back to Florissant, Missouri with enough gold to purchase 50 acres (20 ha) of farmland and build the two-story Gittemeier House in 1860. [4] [5] [6]
St. Stanislaus Seminary is a former Society of Jesus (Jesuits) seminary that was founded in 1823 on the outskirts of Florissant, Missouri within the current municipal limits of Hazelwood, Missouri. It was the longest continuously operated Jesuit novitiate in the United States .
It is a poteaux-sur-sol (post-on-sill) house built by a French-Canadian settler, Louis Bolduc, in the late 18th century. It remained in the Bolduc family until 1949 when The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri purchased it. They opened it as a museum in 1958 after extensive restoration work.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Florissant (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ s ən t / ⓘ) is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, within Greater St. Louis. It is a middle-class, second-ring northern suburb of St. Louis . Based on the 2020 United States census , the city had a total population of 52,533. [ 4 ]
Old St. Ferdinand Shrine and Historic Site is located at no. 1 rue St. Francois, Florissant, Missouri, and is owned, preserved, maintained, and protected by the non-profit organization, Friends of Old St. Ferdinand, Inc. The Shrine and Historic Site consists of four historic buildings on their original locations: the 1819 convent, 1821 church ...
John B. Myers House and Barn in Florissant, Missouri is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri. The house, a Classical Revival building built in 1878, was listed in 1974 as John B. Myers House. The listing name and boundary were increased to include the barn, built in 1867, in 1977. [1] [2] [3]