Jesse B. Robbins House -199 Merchant Street - Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
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BruceS
N 37° 58.804 W 090° 02.668
15S E 759586 N 4207725
Italianate styled house in the Ste. Genevieve Historic District in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM3YRA
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
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"Jesse B. Robbins House. 199 Merchant Street. 1867.
Property type: Italianate house. This cross-hipped, twostory, brick
Italianate house has a cornice marked by wood brackets. Its segmentally arched
windows are fenestrated with twoover- two, double hung, sash. A single-story,
gabled roof brick ell projects from the rear wall of the east end of the main
block. The walls are laid in common bond brick. A two-story, wood-framed stoop
is placed at the junction of the two crossing blocks. This stoop has wood box
columns, brackets at the cornice. A cutout balustrade in the second level was
removed in 2001. Both the first and second floor front doors are surmounted by a
single-light, segmental arched transom A single-story, flat-roofed porch with
eaves brackets projects from the north wall of the house. The house has a
coursed ashlar limestone foundation, and its roof is sheathed in asphalt
shingles." . ~
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