The Amoureux House, sometimes called the Beauvais–Amoureux House, is in Ste. Geneviève, Missouri. It was built in 1792 by Jean-Baptiste St. Gemme Beauvais II who moved from Kaskaskia, Illinois. In 1852, it was purchased by Benjamin C. Amoureux, who immigrated to the United States from France.[citation needed]
It is currently operated as a museum by the National Park Service. It is one of three surviving poteaux-en-terre buildings in Ste. Genevieve and one of five surviving in the entire United States. The other Ste. Genevieve poteaux-en-terre buildings are the Bequette-Ribault House and the Vital St. Gemme Beauvais House I (20 S. Main Street). The remaining two are the LaPointe-Krebs House in Pascagoula, Mississippi and the Badin-Roque House near Natchitoches, Louisiana.[1] The Lasource–Durand Cabin is located behind the Amoureux House.
Galleries
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The East Side in 1937 -
The East Side in 2007 -
The poteaux-en-terre walls -
The floor support is independent of the log walls -
Plan of the basement and foundations of the Amoureux House -
A longitudinal Section of the Amoureux House
Lasource–Durand Cabin
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A 2007 photo of the Lasource–Durand Cabin -
A 1936 photo of the Lasource–Durand Cabin behind the Amoureux House -
Pierrotage in the Lasource-Durand Cabin. -
An isometric drawing of the Lasource-Durand Cabin
References
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- ^ Mark L. Evans (2001). The Commandant's Last Ride. Cape Girardeau, Missouri: Ten-Digit Press.