Amoureux House

The Amoureux House

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.

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. The Lasource–Durand Cabin is located behind the Amoureux House.

Galleries

Amoureux House

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  The East Side in 1937
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  The East Side in 2007
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  The poteaux-en-terre walls
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  The floor support is independent of the log walls
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  Plan of the basement and foundations of the Amoureux House
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  A longitudinal Section of the Amoureux House

Lasource–Durand Cabin

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  A 2007 photo of the Lasource–Durand Cabin
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  A 1936 photo of the Lasource–Durand Cabin behind the Amoureux House
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  Pierrotage in the Lasource-Durand Cabin.
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  An isometric drawing of the Lasource-Durand Cabin

References

• Sainte Geneviève
• French architecture

External links

• Amoureux House
• Amoureux House — Sainte Genevieve, Missouri