The Felix Vallé State Historic Site in Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

Ste. Genevieve is a city in and the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,654 at the 2000 census...

, Missouri

Missouri

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, was originally built in about 1818 by Jacob Phillipson, a Jewish merchant from Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

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. It was the home of Felix Vallé and Odile Pratte-Vallé. The house is a Federal style limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 building that features an authentically stocked mercantile store representing the historic trading firm of Menard & Vallé. Original mantels and interior trim with early Empire furnishings complete the family living quarters. An outdoor staircase leads to the second floor bedrooms. The garden area features original brick and frame outbuildings.

Post Louisiana Purchase

• Aron, Stephen, American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State
• Peterson, Charles E., Colonial St. Louis: Building a Creole Capitol, Tucson, AZ: Patrice Press, 2001.
• Schroeder, Walter A., Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve District, 1760–1830, Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2002.
• Stepenoff, Bonnie, From French Community to Missouri Town, Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2006.
• Missouri Life Magazine, Lewis And Clark’s Journey Across Missouri, Booneville, MO: Missouri Life Magazine, 2003.

Overall History of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

• Franzwa, Gregory M., The Story of Old Ste. Genevieve, Tucson: Patrice Press, 1998.
• Deposki, Richard, Images of America: Ste. Genevieve, Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
• Evans, Mark L., The Commandant’s Last Ride, Tucson, AZ: Patrice Press, 1998.
• Foster, Gerald, American Houses: A Field Guide to the Architecture of the Home, New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2004.
• Naeger, Bill, Patti Naeger, and Mark Evans, Ste. Genevieve: A Leisurely Stroll through History. Ste. Genevieve, MO: Merchant Street Publishing, 1998.
• Wehmeyer, Janice C., Ste. Genevieve, MO: A Guided Tour Through the Past and Present, self published: 1993

See also

• Louisiana (New France)
  Louisiana (New France)
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• Louisiana Purchase
  Louisiana Purchase
  The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803. The U.S...
  
  
• Illinois Country
  Illinois Country
  The Illinois Country , also known as Upper Louisiana, was a region in what is now the Midwestern United States that was explored and settled by the French during the 17th and 18th centuries. The terms referred to the entire Upper Mississippi River watershed, though settlement was concentrated in...
  
  
• Ohio Country
  Ohio Country
  The Ohio Country was the name used in the 18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and in the region of the upper Ohio River south of Lake Erie...
  
  
• New France
  New France
  New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
  
  
• New Spain
  New Spain
  New Spain, formally called the Viceroyalty of New Spain , was a viceroyalty of the Spanish colonial empire, comprising primarily territories in what was known then as 'América Septentrional' or North America. Its capital was Mexico City, formerly Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire...
  
  
• French in the United States
  French in the United States
  The French language is spoken as a minority language in the United States. According to year 2000 census figures, 1.6 million Americans over the age of five speak the language at home; making French the fourth most-spoken language in the country behind English, Spanish, and Chinese...
  
  
• Timeline of New France history
  Timeline of New France history
  This is a list of the timelines for the history of northern New France beginning with the first exploration of North America by France through being part of the French colonial empire.*Beginnings to 1533 - northern region...
  
  
• Three Flags Day
  Three Flags Day
  Three Flags Day commemorates March 9 and 10, 1804, when Spain officially turned over the Louisiana Territory to France, which in turn ceded the territory to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase.The ceremony in St...
  
  
• A few acres of snow
  A few acres of snow
  "A few acres of snow" is one of several quotations from Voltaire, the 18th-century writer, which are representative of his sneering evaluation of Canada, and by extension New France, as lacking economic value and strategic importance to 18th-century France...
  
  
• French colonization of the Americas
  French colonization of the Americas
  The French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century, and continued in the following centuries as France established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere. France founded colonies in much of eastern North America, on a number of Caribbean islands, and in South America...
  
  
• French colonial empire
  French colonial empire
  The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
  
  
• List of North American cities founded in chronological order
• Sainte Geneviève
  Genevieve
  St Genevieve , in Latin Sancta Genovefa, from Germanic keno and wefa , is the patron saint of Paris in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition...
  
  
• List of commandants of the Illinois Country
• Historic regions of the United States
  Historic regions of the United States
  This is a list of historic regions of the United States.-Colonial era :-The Thirteen Colonies:* Connecticut Colony* Delaware Colony* Province of Georgia* Province of Maryland...
  
  

External links

• Felix Vallé State Historic Site Missouri Department of Natural Resources
• Jacques Guibourd Historic House webpage
• Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve, Inc. Jacques Guibourd Historic House & Mecker Research Library
• Ste. Genevieve Co, MO Historical and Genealogical Resources
• Sainte Genevieve Chamber of Commerce
• Ste. Genevieve Herald
• French Creole Architecture Louisiana Dept Natural Resources