Historical Home Tours, Jour de Fete 2007 - Sainte Genevieve, Missouri

The Historic District of Ste. Genevieve has a large number of 18th and 19th century French buildings. Many have been meticulously restored over the past 50 years and today Ste. Genevieve boasts the largest and finest collection of French Creole architecture in the United States. While most of the homes are private residences, there are five homes and the Ste. Genevieve Museum that are open to the public and worth investigating during your visit during Jour de Fete weekend. The Felix Valle State Historic Site is also the location for Colonial Crafts demonstrations and a reenacted campsite of early French militia. Maps of the festival area are available at the Great River Road Interpretative Center located on the corner of Main and Market Streets.

Amoureux House		Free admission during the festival This 1792 house was built in the poteaux en terre style where the walls are formed by hewn logs set upright in an earthen trench. A diorama of Ste. Genevieve in 1832 is displayed in the house.

The Bolduc House		Admission fee Built in 1770, this house is regarded as the first, most authentically restored creole house in the nation.

Bolduc-LeMeilleur House		Admission fee Built in 1820 this house combines French and American influences and is furnished in early Federal style and has 19th century herb and flower gardens in back.

Felix Vallé State Historic Site		Free admission during the festival Built in 1818, this Federal style limestone building was home to one of Ste. Genevieve's premier colonial families. The site features the authentically restocked mercantile store of the historic trading firm of Menard & Vallé.

Maison Guibourd-Vallé		Admission fee This restored home, built around 1806-1807 by a pioneer French settler, is the most elegantly furnished museum house in town.

Ste. Genevieve Museum		Admission fee This museum contains varied collections of local memorabilia, including prehistoric Indian relics, old documents and Spanish land grants.

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