Photograph of the West Facade of the Amoureaux House in Ste Genevieve MO

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Photograph of the West Facade of the Amoureaux House in Ste Genevieve MO

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This is a 1940 photograph of the West Side of the Amoureaux House in Ste. Geneviève, Missouri.
The Amoureaux House, sometimes called the Bauvais-Amoureux House, was built in in 1793 in Ste. Geneviève, Missouri. It was built by Benjamin Amoureaux, who came from France.
It is currently operated as a museum by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

It is one of three poteaux-en-terre buildings that survive. The others are the Bequet-Ribault House and the Vital St. Gemme Beauvais House I (20 S. Main Street).

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1940
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Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service; Record MO-1113
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