National Historic Landmark · historic district · Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

Ste. Genevieve Historic District

Historic district in Missouri, United States in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Ste. Genevieve Historic District
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What it is

Wikipedia · Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park

The Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park, established in 2020, consists of part or the whole of the area of the Ste. Genevieve Historic District, which is a historic district encompassing much of the built environment of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States. The city was in the late 18th century the capital of Spanish Louisiana, and, at its original location a few miles south, capital of French Louisiana as well. A large area of the city, including fields along the Mississippi River, is a National Historic Landmark District designated in 1960, for its historically French architecture and land-use patterns, while a smaller area, encompassing the parts of the city historically important between about 1790 and 1950, was named separately to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeHistoric district
AddressAddress unknown at this time, Ste. Genevieve, MO
CountySte. Genevieve County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000892
Type of placehistoric district
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources7 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
AddressAddress unknown at this time, Ste. Genevieve, MO
Coordinates37.97924, -90.04535 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitSte. Geneviève National Historical Park · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbySilver Mines 36 mi
A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.

Explore

Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000892. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.