Historic Structure Report: Bauvais-Amoureux House, Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
Raths, Raths & Johnson, Inc.. 2024. Historic Structure Report: Bauvais-Amoureux House, Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, Interior Regions 3,4,5. Omaha, Nebraska
The Bauvais-Amoureux House is located at 327 St. Mary's Road, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri and is a contributing resource to the Ste. Genevieve National Historic District and the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Landmark District. The goal of the Bauvais-Amoureux House HSR project is to document its history and condition and a present conceptual level treatment plan to prepare for eventual rehabilitation to support continued visitor use. The house was built circa 1792, one of only three known surviving poteaux-en-terre style houses in Ste. Genevieve and one of only five known in the United States. Important architectural features include original vertical log walls embedded directly into the soil and timber trusses supporting a steeply pitched roof. During the 19th century, the House underwent multiple alterations including construction of open galleries, reduction in overall length of the structure, and various interior changes. Although the original log building has been modified, it retains a high degree of historic integrity. In addition to its French Colonial associations, the house also plays a significant role in the interpretation of the African American experience before and after the Civil War as the home of a free black woman, Pelagie Vital Amoureux. Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park was established as a unit of the National Park Service (NPS) on October 30, 2020, to “preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations, the themes of French settlement, vernacular architecture, and community form and farming on the frontier associated with Ste. Genevieve.” The French Colonial settlement was originally founded circa 1750 on the west bank of the Mississippi River approximately 60 miles south of modern St. Louis, Missouri. After a major flood in 1785, the village was gradually relocated to its present site on higher ground.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Raths, Raths & Johnson, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 2024-10
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, Interior Regions 3,4,5
- Units
- MWR , STGE
- Keywords
- African American history, Bauvais-Amoureux House, Caveau, dendrochronology, French settlement, French-Canadian vernacular architecture, house museum, Jean Baptiste St. Gemme Bauvais House, log structure, Mississippi Valley French Colonial, Pélagie Amoureux, Pelagie Vital Amoureux, Poteaux-en-terre, St. Marys Road, Ste. Genevieve Historic District, Ste. Genevieve National Historic Landmark District
- License
- Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal