Photograph from the street of the Amoureaux House in Ste Genevieve MO

The Amoureux House, sometimes called the Beauvais–Amoureux House, is in

Ste. Geneviève, Missouri Ste. Genevieve (french: Sainte-Geneviève ) is a city in Ste. Genevieve Township and is the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,999 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1735 by French Canadian colonists ...

. It was built in 1792 by Jean-Baptiste St. Gemme Beauvais II who moved from

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. In 1852, it was purchased by Benjamin C. Amoureux, who

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d to the United States from

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. It is currently operated as a museum by the

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. It is one of three surviving

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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

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and the

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near

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

Galleries

Amoureux House

File:Photograph_of_the_East_and_South_Sides_of_the_Amoureaux_House_in_Ste_Genevieve_MO.jpg, The East Side in 1937 File:Photograph of the Eastern Side of the Amoureaux House in Ste Genevieve MO.jpg, The East Side in 2007 File:Poteaux-en-Terre-Cellar_of_the_Bauvais-Amoureux_House.jpg, The

walls File:Photograph_of_the_Floor_Support_of_the_Amoureaux_House_in_Ste_Genevieve_MO.jpg, The floor support is independent of the log walls File:Basement Floor and Structural Plan-- Amoureaux House in Ste Genevieve MO.png, Plan of the basement and foundations of the Amoureux House File:Drawing_of_a_Longitudinal_Section_of_the_Amoureaux_House_in_Ste_Genevieve_MO.png, A longitudinal Section of the Amoureux House

Lasource–Durand Cabin

File:Lasource-Durand House Under a Tree in Ste Genevieve MO.jpg, A 2007 photo of the Lasource–Durand Cabin File:Photograph of 1936 of a Cabin Behind the Amoureaux House in Ste Genevieve MO.jpg, A 1936 photo of the Lasource–Durand Cabin behind the Amoureux House File:Pierrotage in the Durand Cabin.jpg,

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in the Lasource-Durand Cabin. Isometric Drawing of Lasource-Durand Framing-Ste in Genevieve MO.png, An isometric drawing of the Lasource-Durand Cabin

References

* Sainte Geneviève *

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External links

Amoureux House

{{Buildings and Structures of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri French-American culture in Missouri Museums in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Historic house museums in Missouri Houses in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Missouri Territory New France French colonial architecture National Register of Historic Places in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Houses completed in 1792