Tag: Bed and Breakfast in Missouri

Main Street Inn Bed & Breakfast – Where Art, History, and Vision Transform Hospitality in Sainte Geneviève Step through the doors of the Main Street Inn Bed & Breakfast and you immediately understand that your time here will be a curate experience. Originally built in 1882 as the Meyer Hotel, this three-story brick landmark has welcomed travelers to Sainte Geneviève for more than 140 years. But following an extensive year-long renovation, proprietors Susan O’Donnell and Patrick Fahey transformed this historic property into something extraordinary: a bed and breakfast where world-class art, meticulous attention to preservation, and genuine hospitality create an experience that aligns with what you’d expect in Missouri’s oldest city. The Main Street Inn stands as home, gallery and gathering place, historic structure and comfortable retreat. Here, you’re encourage to meander through the house and take inspiration in the work that went into its restoration and the nuance of its collection.  For those visitors that are looking to bring home fresh inspiration to their design sensibilities, this is the stay for you. This is lodging for people who appreciate art, value history, and seek accommodations with personality and purpose rather than generic hotel uniformity. An Unexpected Gallery in Missouri’s Read more…

Inn St. Gemme Beauvais At 78 North Main Street in the heart of Sainte Geneviève’s historic district stands Inn St. Gemme Beauvais—Missouri’s oldest continuously operating bed and breakfast, a three-story Federal-style mansion built circa 1848 by Felix Rozier, son of Ferdinand Rozier who partnered with John James Audubon in Ste. Genevieve from 1811-1812 before Audubon devoted himself fully to ornithology and creating The Birds of America. The inn carries the “St. Gemme Beauvais” name honoring Jean Baptiste St. Gemme dit Beauvais Jr., who supported George Rogers Clark’s Revolutionary War Illinois campaign and built the nearby Beauvais-Amoureux House in 1792—connecting guests to layered historical pedigree spanning French colonial settlement, American Federal architecture, and Rozier-Vallé family lead mining prosperity. Today’s Inn St. Gemme Beauvais offers eight themed guest rooms plus private Carriage House, each with period antiques, private bathrooms, king or queen beds, cable TV, and individual climate control, plus full plated breakfasts featuring local farm-fresh ingredients, second-floor kitchenette, beautiful gardens, off-street parking, and location placing guests within walking distance of every historic site, restaurant, shop, and cultural attraction. As one recent guest praised: “Been home for several hours and still feel relaxed from our stay. The Inn is stunning…Super clean, quiet, Read more…