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 – Missouri’s Oldest B&B Preserves 1848 Federal Elegance and Rozier Family Legacy At 78 North Main Street in the heart of Sainte Geneviève’s historic district stands the 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, the French merchant who partnered with John James Audubon in Ste. Genevieve from 1811-1812 before Audubon devoted himself fully to ornithology and art). The inn carries the “St. Gemme Beauvais” name honoring the prominent French colonial family—Jean Baptiste St. Gemme dit Beauvais Jr. built the nearby Beauvais-Amoureux House in 1792, and the St. Gemme Beauvais lineage represents foundational French settlement connecting back to Kaskaskia and Revolutionary War service supporting George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign. Today’s Inn St. Gemme Beauvais combines this layered historical pedigree (Rozier commercial dynasty, St. Gemme Beauvais colonial heritage, Federal-style architectural grandeur) with modern bed and breakfast luxury—themed suites furnished in period antiques, full gourmet breakfasts featuring local farm-fresh ingredients, outdoor hot tub, and location placing guests within walking distance of every historic site, restaurant, shop, and cultural attraction in America’s oldest town west of the Mississippi River. The Felix Rozier Legacy: Read more…