Last updated: November 9, 2024
Place
Bolduc-LeMeilleur House
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Quick Facts
Location:
125 S Main St, Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
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Gifts/Souvenirs/Books, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits
The Bolduc-LeMeilleur House and its modified French Creole style serve as an excellent bookend to the colonial period in Ste. Genevieve. Built circa 1821, the house features both vertical timbers and red brick, and was continuously used through the mid-20th century. The first residents of the house were Agathe Bolduc, granddaughter of Louis Bolduc, and her husband René LeMeilleur.
After the Bolduc-LeMeilleur ownership, the house served as a residence, a convent school, a blacksmith shop, a hotel, and a car dealership until the 1960s. In the late 1960s restoration was finished and the house became a house museum managed by French Colonial America. The Bolduc-LeMeilleur house can be seen on guided tours, along with the neighboring Louis Bolduc house, through French Colonial America at the Centre for French Colonial Life.
After the Bolduc-LeMeilleur ownership, the house served as a residence, a convent school, a blacksmith shop, a hotel, and a car dealership until the 1960s. In the late 1960s restoration was finished and the house became a house museum managed by French Colonial America. The Bolduc-LeMeilleur house can be seen on guided tours, along with the neighboring Louis Bolduc house, through French Colonial America at the Centre for French Colonial Life.