Valle Grade School - Ste. Genevieve Historic District - Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
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BruceS
N 37° 58.737 W 090° 02.799
15S E 759398 N 4207595
Catholic elementary school located in the Ste. Genevieve Historic District in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM46F3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2008
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"Valle Grade School. 61 Duborg Place. North half c. 1865; addition
1937. Property type: educational building. The earliest part of this
three-story, limestone clad, gable and hip-roofed school building was erected in
the mid-nineteenth century to serve the large Catholic population of the
community. The north portion of the building features arched windows in the
second story of the east fa£ade wall with a segmentally arched central niche.
The first story of this block has flat lintels, while the third story has
segmentally arched lintels. Fenestration of the north block consists of
six-over-six, double hung, sash windows.
The north block is connected to the hipped-roof south block by a gabled
connector. This two-story connecting block is entered from its east side by a
shed-roofed vestibule with front, pedimented gable. Two-leaf, metal-framed,
multi-light doors are set between paired pilasters and are surmounted by a
six-light transom. The south block is two bays wide across its east facade.
Fenestration consists of six-over-two, double hung, sash in the ground level,
twelve-over-two, double hung, sash windows in the second level, and
six-over-two, double hung, sash windows in the top floor. A steel fire escape
projects from the south wall of the south block. [C]" ~
Historic District National Register Nomination Form