Francois Morel Aubuchon House - Ste. Genevieve, Missouri - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

"Francois Morel Aubuchon House. 53 Washington Street, c. 1806

Property type: Anglo-American timber-frame house. The Aubuchon House's exterior appearance is similar to altered French vernacular houses in Ste. Genevieve. A raised front porch is situated beneath the front eaves and the shed rear roof slope suggests that a rear porch was enclosed. A single story ell projects from the rear of the main block of the house. The front porch has been recently rebuilt, and the central bay is now accessed by concrete block steps. The porch is raised on concrete block piers, and the porch has a latticework skirt, prefabricated wood balustrade and plain wood porch posts. This porch shelters two front doors, one placed in the western portion of the facade wall and the other near the east end. Fenestration consists of one-over-one, double hung, sash windows. The walls of the house are sheathed in cement-asbestos shingles, and the roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles. A single-story, gabled ell projects from the west end of the rear wall.

The original portion of the house consists of the western three-quarters of the present facade. Its walls are constructed of heavy timber with bracing in the form of the cross of St. Andrew, the vertical posts and braces are hand-hewn, and the roof frame consists of couple rafters joined to a hand-hewn ridge piece and braced by collar beams. The cellar joists and sills are handhewn.

Aubuchon purchased the lot on which the house sits from Michael Placet in 1802. It remained in the Aubuchon family until 1848. Aubuchon may have erected the house shortly after his marriage in 1806." . ~ Historic District National Register Nomination Form

Earliest Recorded Date of Construction: 01/01/1806 Architectural Period/Style: Anglo-American timber-frame house Type of Building e.g. Country House, Stately Home, Manor: Village house Interesting Historical Facts or Connections: None Listed Building Status (if applicable): Contributing building to National Historic District Main Material of Construction: Timber frame Private/Public Access: Private Related Website: [Web Link] Rating: Additional Dates of Construction: Not listed Architect (if known): Not listed Landscape Designer (if known): Not listed Admission Fee (if applicable): Not Listed Opening Hours (if applicable): Not listed

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