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[Block 82B]
Pierre Montardy, a native of Montauban, France,
came to St. Louis from Fort de Chartres and built this French style
house on the southeast corner of this block in 1766. The house was
later occupied by a baker named Barrere, and Third Street was at
one time known to some by this man's name, Rue Barrere. In 1804
the house was owned by Manuel
Lisa. After the transfer of Upper Louisiana the Spanish garrison
of the fort was quartered here, waiting several months for the boat
which would take them downriver to New Orleans.
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