Sebastian Butcher House - Ste. Genevieve, Missouri - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

"Sebastian Butcher House 229 South Gabouri Street, c. 1818. Property type: Anglo-American timber-frame house. The Sebastian Butcher House is a one-and-one-half story, side-gabled dwelling with a partial width, shed-roofed front porch. Fenestration consists of two-over-two, double hung sash windows flanked by modern louvered shutters. Two gabled dormers rise from the front roof slope. Both are fenestrated with two-over-two, double hung sash windows. The front porch is enclosed by a half-height, aluminum-sided wall and by screen panels in the upper wall. Brick posts support the roof of the porch. The house is sheathed in vinyl siding and its roof is sheathed in standing seam metal. A brick chimney projects from near the center of the north roof slope An open, shed-roofed carport, sheathed in aluminum siding, adjoins the northeast corner of the house.

A portion of the braced, heavy, timber frame wall construction is visible in the eastern part of the cellar. This frame is joined with mortised and pegged uprights. The rear rooms are believed to represent the enclosure of an early porch. [C]

Butcher, a German stonemason, bought the lot on which the house stands from the heirs of Marie Carpentier Valle in 1818. Butcher is known to have worked on several of the stone houses in Ste. Genevieve including the Simon Hubardeau residence.  An 1821 mortgage document indicates that the lot was then the site of a "new frame, one-story home." This house was later owned by Michael Chenu and his sister, Mary, and was described in deeds as the printing office of Henry Keil." ~ Historic District National Register Nomination Form

The house is also listed in the National Historic Landmark Historic District as the Sebastian Brutcher house house with a construction date of 1816.

Earliest Recorded Date of Construction: 01/01/1818 Architectural Period/Style: Anglo-American timber-frame house Type of Building e.g. Country House, Stately Home, Manor: Timber-frame village house Interesting Historical Facts or Connections: None Listed Building Status (if applicable): Contributing building in National Historic Landmark 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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