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121 South 6th Street Ste. Geneviève, MO, 63670 Call us at 573-883-5240 Hours Monday thru Friday Hours 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday Hours 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Sunday by appointment Beautiful, thoughtful flowers and gift items for any occasion from family parties to anniversaries, baptisms, and holidays. Read more…

Sainte Genevieve Art Center & Museum – Historic Legacy Meets Living Creativity Nestled comfortably in the shadow of the historic Sainte Geneviève Catholic Church at 310 Merchant Street, the Sainte Genevieve Art Center & Museum occupies a place of quiet significance in both the physical and cultural landscape of Missouri’s oldest town. This isn’t just another small-town art gallery—it’s a vital institution that illuminates Ste. Genevieve’s surprisingly important role in American art heritage while serving as an active, thriving hub for contemporary creativity. A Building with Its Own Story The Art Center is housed in a stately Norman-Revival stone building that itself tells a story of community pride and celebration. Built in 1934 in preparation for the city’s bicentennial celebration, the structure reflects the civic confidence and architectural ambition of Depression-era America. The choice of Norman-Revival style—with its solid stone construction, arched openings, and medieval European echoes—was particularly fitting for a town celebrating its French colonial heritage. That this beautiful building now serves as home to the Art Center creates a perfect synergy: historic architecture preserving and presenting both historic and contemporary art. The stone walls that once marked a bicentennial milestone now safeguard the legacy of artists who found Read more…

Ste. Genevieve Antique Mall – Where a 1920s Factory Became Treasure Hunter’s Paradise At 500 Market Street, a massive 1920s factory building that once hummed with industrial production now houses something entirely different: Missouri’s most consistently open antique mall in a town famous for mom-and-pop shops that keep their own hours. The Ste. Genevieve Antique Mall represents the vision and determination of Patrick Fahey and Dr. Susan O’Donnell, who saw opportunity in disaster and transformed an aging industrial space into a seven-day-a-week destination that’s become as essential to Sainte Geneviève’s tourism economy as the historic houses that draw visitors here in the first place. Born from Disaster, Built with Vision The story begins with a tornado. When severe weather destroyed Ste. Genevieve County’s only antique mall in nearby St. Mary, it created both crisis and opportunity. Patrick and Susan—already invested in Sainte Geneviève through the Main Street Inn Bed & Breakfast—recognized that the county needed an antique mall, and that downtown Sainte Geneviève, with its steady stream of history tourists and weekend visitors, represented ideal location. But they didn’t just want any antique mall. They wanted something substantial, something that could house dozens of dealers, provide year-round climate-controlled shopping, and Read more…

17450 Clubhouse Ct, MO Hwy 32 Ste. Geneviève, MO 63670 Call us at 573-883-2949 Hours Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Serving: Breakfast, Lunch, and Supper daily Amenities: Ste. Geneviève Golf Club is a Par-72, 18-hole design with 4 sets of tees. After playing a round of golf enjoy a sandwich or burger in the Clubhouse. Alcohol: Full Bar Read more…

Ste. Genevieve Levee Wildlife Refuge – Where Mississippi River Bottomlands Meet Audubon’s Legacy Between downtown Ste. Genevieve and the Mississippi River, the Ste. Genevieve Levee Wildlife Refuge transforms flood protection infrastructure into wildlife habitat—more than 200 acres of river bottomlands, floodplain forest, wetlands, and open fields where deer browse at dawn, great blue herons hunt the shallows, meadowlarks sing from fence posts, and bald eagles perch in towering cottonwoods overlooking the great river. Dedicated in 2021 after seven years of collaborative planning between the City of Ste. Genevieve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, both Ste. Genevieve Levee Districts, Missouri Department of Conservation, and Army Corps of Engineers, this refuge honors the historical connection between America’s oldest town west of the Mississippi and the river that shaped its destiny—while offering modern visitors the chance to walk the levee-top pathway, hike primitive trails to the riverfront, birdwatch along the Mississippi Flyway, fish the river’s edge, and experience rare undisturbed stretches of Mississippi River ecosystem recently transferred to federal wildlife management. The Urban Design Levee: Born from Catastrophic Floods Understanding the refuge requires understanding the levee itself—massive earthen barrier completed in 2001 after the devastating 1993 and 1995 floods that inundated Ste. Genevieve Read more…