Tag: Historic in Missouri

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…

159 N. Main St. Ste. Geneviève, MO 63670 Slow down at this cozy, centrally-located brick cottage rental in the heart of historic Ste. Genevieve. The original home of John and Francesca Hael in the 1860’s, you won’t find a more authentic old town experience than you will get at “the little brick house” on Main Street. Enjoy mornings at the local coffee shops and bakeries, afternoons browsing the local shops, and evenings by the fire pit with a glass of local wine. You won’t find a more authentic main street experience than you will get at the “little brick house”. Read more…

Zielinski ‘s – Forty Years of Hand-Picked Treasures from Family Adventures Turned Into Downtown Landmark At 288 Merchant Street, the Zielinski family has spent four decades transforming their treasure-hunting adventures into one of Sainte Geneviève’s most beloved antique shops—the kind of place locals describe as “organized and easy to navigate” despite being packed with dishware, vintage luggage, Christmas décor, Precious Moments figurines, lanterns, lamps, and records, where every item represents a story about where the Zielinskis and their friends found it, why they thought it worth bringing back, and who might fall in love with it next. This isn’t sterile retail where corporate buyers order inventory from catalogs. This is deeply personal curation where forty years of estate sales, auctions, flea markets, antique shows, and chance discoveries have filled the shop with items that caught the Zielinskis’ eye—hand-picked across decades of adventuring through Missouri’s backroads and beyond, hunting for the interesting, the beautiful, the nostalgic, and the uniquely connected to Sainte Geneviève’s history. The books and albums section draws particular praise from reviewers who call it one of their “favorite places to shop for anything eclectic, as well as music (LPs especially),” suggesting the Zielinskis have assembled serious vinyl collection Read more…