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French settlers remained on the east bank of the Mississippi at Kaskaskia and Fort de Chartres until 1750, when the new settlement of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri was begun, During its early years, Ste. Genevieve grew slowly due to its location on a muddy, flat, floodplain, and in 1752, the town had only 23 full-time residents. Despite its ...
Early settlements in Missouri Settlement Founding Mine La Motte: 1717 settlement Ste. Genevieve: 1750, 1735–1785 [11] St. Louis: 1764 Carondelet: 1767, St. Louis annex 1870 St. Charles: 1769 Mine à Breton: 1770, 1760–1780 [16] New Madrid: 1783, 1789 [17] Florissant: 1786 Commerce: 1788 Cape Girardeau: 1792 Wolf Island: 1792 Saint Michel ...
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]
It is an example of poteaux sur solle ("posts-on-sill") construction, and is located in the first European settlement in the present-day state of Missouri. The first historic structure in Ste. Genevieve to be authentically restored, the house is a prime example of the traditional French Colonial architecture of the early 18th century in North ...
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri: ca. 1800 Residence It is a poteaux-sur-sol house built by Auguste Aubuchon. [2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a part of the National Historic Landmark Ste. Genevieve Historic District. Private residence Moses Austin Outbuilding: Ste. Genevieve, Missouri: ca. 1800 Residence
The Green Tree Tavern, one of the buildings operated by the National Park Service. The importance of Ste. Genevieve's early architecture has long been recognized. In the 1930s a number of its builds were documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), and the Bolduc House was restored in 1956–57.
Another early settlement near present-day St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, was built in 1732 across from the Kaskaskia village as a convenient port for salt and ore mined on the western side of the Mississippi. [8]
The Felix Vallé House State Historic Site is a state-owned historic preserve comprising the Felix Vallé House and other early 19th-century buildings in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. It is managed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources .