Guibourd-Valle House, Fourth & Merchant Streets, Sainte Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, MO
Summary
Significance: This house is a large and well preserved example of the French colonial architectural tradition. Its walls are constructed of closely spaced, hewn vertical logs (poteaux sur sole) and the roof is supported by elaborate trusses, one of the most impressive examples of this characteristic feature in Ste. Genevieve.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-134, FN-175
Survey number: HABS MO-1109
Building/structure dates: 1784 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1800
Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000892
Tags
Date
1800
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Dubrueil, Jacques
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
Sainte Genevieve, 37.98001, -90.04454
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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