When I first put these photographs together, I thought this initial building was a storefront, but on closer inspection, despite its façade’s parapet wall, it does in fact appear to be a single family house. This building below is definitely a storefront, with a cast iron column holding up the corner of the front façade….
Other Houses Along Main Street, Ste. Genevieve
Readers interested in the Club Imperial, where Tina Turner performed early in her career, can see two posts I did on the famed venue here and here. I think it’s important to realize that while yes, Ste. Genevieve is an important French colonial settlement, the vast majority of housing stock is from much later than…
Colonial and Colonialish Houses, Ste. Genevieve
Moving down to what is now South Main Street, we hit some of the oldest houses in Ste. Genevieve. There is the Bolduc House above. Early colonial houses had broad porches that wrapped around the whole structure, and unlike German or English log walls with horizontal beams, place the logs in the grounds vertically, as…
5,500th Post at St. Louis Patina
Thinking back over 5,500 posts, give or take since some were lost when this website crashed a year ago, for some reason this post from February of 2015 popped into my head. It’s interesting in that my 5,000th post also dealt with a subject from the St. Louis Place neighborhood. I was always drawn to…
Two Churches, Ste. Genevieve
While Ste. Genevieve is famous for being founded by French Canadian Catholics, there are other churches in town of historic importance, as well. Holy Cross Lutheran Church was founded in 1867, and reflects the increased German immigrant population in the area. In this case, it is interesting in that construction of the church began only…
Further Down Market Street, Ste. Genevieve
The Southern Hotel is technically down Third Street, but we’ll continue on our way down Market Street towards the river. Note the cupola on the roof. While the Ste. Genevieve is famous for being a French colonial settlement, the majority of the current building stock dates from the Nineteenth Century. And much of it is…
Ste. Genevieve Arts Center
The Ste. Genevieve Artists Guild has an arts center in what was originally a museum building built in the 1930s. The building below was the office. Thanks to the reader for helping identify the original use.
Facing the Church, Ste Genevieve
Surrounding the block that holds St. Genevieve Roman Catholic Church, there is a solid wall of buildings. On the east is 3rd Street, with storefronts dating from the mid-Nineteenth Century. I suspect that many of these houses originally had regular windows and doors, and the large display windows were added later with the addition of…
Ste. Genevieve Roman Catholic Church, Revisited
Constructed in 1880, the current Ste. Genevieve Roman Catholic Church in Ste. Genevieve is the third church on this site, though of course the entire town was once located in a different location. I’ve looked at the church before, back in October of 2010. The parish dates from 1759, founded by Jesuits from Quebec, but…
Big Muddy Dance Company Presents: Blaze
As I’ve done in the past, I wanted to alert readers to an upcoming cultural event that I think is worth your time. Big Muddy Dance Company is offering up another performance this Friday and Saturday. From their press release: A specially curated blend of exciting new works and audience favorites, featuring world premiere choreography…