119 McDonough St. - St. Charles Historic District - St. Charles, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 46.506 W 090° 29.112
15S E 718463 N 4294823
119 McDonough St., section 23 on the NRHP District Map.
Waymark Code: WMP33Y
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2015
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County of Marker: Saint Charles County
Location of Marker: 119 McDonough St., St. Charles
Marker erected by: St Charles Historical Society
Marker Text:
Home of
DON CARLOS TAYON
TAYON WAS CIVIL COMMANDANT FROM 1793 TO 1801
DON SANTIAGO MACKAY
FUR TRADER
SUCCEDED [sic] TAYON AS
POST COMMANDANT
FROM
1801 TO 1804.
This home looks like a one story. The "first floor" is behind the stone wall, or what looks like a stone wall. It is actually the first floor.
This was Tayon's home, this was not the commandants headquarters. That was at 906 S. Main St., St. Charles
This home was built by Don Carlos Tayon in 1790. It is considered a beautiful example of old French architecture. It has beam ceilings and the inside walls of this brick home are exposed brick walls. The windows have small glass panes. The ground floor was the dance hall, where lavish Cotillions were given. The stable near the house is still standing but the passageway from the stable to the dance hall has gone with the years. Don Carlos Tayon was the second Commandant of the district of St. Charles. In "The Journal of Julius Rodman", Edgar Allen Poe describes "Les Petites Cotes" and this home of Don Carlos Tayon as he found it in 1791.
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