Walter Fenwick House - 498 Merchant Street - Ste. Genevieve Historic District - Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
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BruceS
N 37° 58.737 W 090° 02.939
15S E 759193 N 4207589
Historic timber frame house in the Ste. Genevieve Historic District in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM45FK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2008
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"Walter Fenwick House. 498 Merchant Street, c. 1805. Property
type: Anglo-American timber-frame house. The Walter Fenwick House is a
single-story, timber-framed, two room, hall and parlor plan house with lean-to
rear porch. An off-center doorway pierces its four-bay north facade. The house
is fenestrated with six-over-six, double hung sash windows, most flanked by wood
plank ornamental shutters. It has a parged limestone rubble and concrete
foundation, walls sheathed in clapboards, and a roof sheathed in asphalt
shingles in an ornamental diamond pattern. A modern brick chimney rises from
near the center of the roof ridge. A bulkhead adjoins the west gable end of the
building. The interior preserves pedimented door lintels. Most cellar joists are
replacements. [C]
Walter Fenwick was a physician. He married a member of the Valle family and
died in a duel with Thomas T. Crittenden." ~
Historic District National Register Nomination Form