327 St. Mary Road
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
573-883-3105

The Beauvais-Amoureux House was built in 1792 by Jean Baptiste St. Gemme Beauvais, Jr. overlooking le grand champ, the agricultural fields of Sainte Genevieve. The home was constructed in the French creole vernacular post in ground (poteaux-en-terre) manner that was common in the 18th century in Sainte Genevieve. The Beauvais-Amoureux House has vertical log walls, made of cedar, that are set directly into the earth without a foundation and is one of three such structures in Sainte Genevieve and one of only five surviving examples of this type of construction in the United States. In 1852, the home was sold to Benjamin C. Amoureux and owned by successive generations of his family. The home is now part of the Felix Vallé State Historic Site. An impressive diorama showing the village of Sainte Genevieve in 1832 along with exhibits explaining the construction of this type of house can be found at the site.

Visiting the Amoureux House
The Beauvais-Amoureux House is open an a daily basis.
Free. See the inside of this National Park Service managed historic house by attending a guided tour. Tours are offered daily, dependent on staffing and weather, and require a free ticket, that you can get at the Welcome Center. See the calendar for upcoming tour times.