Old Post Office Site - 1840 to present - St. Charles, MO
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N 38° 46.839 W 090° 28.910
15S E 718739 N 4295447
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Waymark Code: WM19EXF
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2024
Views: 3
County of site: St. Charles County
Location of site: 119 S. Main St., St. Charles
Built: 1909
Cost: $60,000
Old photo taken by: Rudolph Goebel
Sign Text:
OLD POST OFFICE
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119 South Main
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Restoration and adaptive re-use
U.S. Post Office 1909-1964
U.S. Post Office Built 1912
St. Charles County
Court House 1840-1899
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Historic Marker Text:
119 South Main
U.S. Post Office 1909-1964 • St. Charles County Court House 1840-1909
1912 • U.S. Postal Service
"The first term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District of St. Charles ws held on the first Tuesday in January, 1805, in the house of Dr. Antoine Reynal and the site of the present courthouse." The
"present" courthouse of 1840-1904 is pictured here along with a copy of an 1847 newspaper ad for a slave sale held on the courthouse steps. This building is the 1912 Post Office built by the U.S. Government. ~ [see gallery]
"Site of one of the finest homes in all Saint Charles, built in 1800 by Dr. Antoine Reynal. His home was used for the assembling of the Board of Trustees of the City of Saint Charles. It is also the site of the First Saint Charles County Court House built in 1849.
"As shown in the picture this first Court House was a one story building. It had fluted columns in a Doric hexagon type portico with suppressed pillars on the side walls, conforming the colonnade. The well proportioned bell tower was placed slightly back of the entrance wall.
"It was the site of the famous “Whipping Post” where men were whipped for their misdeeds. The Slave Block, a large flat stone which is now buried under the steps of the Post Office Building was used as the auction block. The stone was used as a foundation stone upon which the new steps were laid." ~ Historical St. Charles PDF page 28
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