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The Guibourd House or La Maison de Guibourd in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, is an example of poteaux-sur-solle or vertical post on sill or foundation type of construction, usually sealed with bouzillage, a mixture of clay and grass. The house was built around 1806 for Jacques Jean Rene Guibourd and his family. The architecture of the Guibourd House is similar to other Creole-French structures in Sainte Genevieve and throughout the French regions of the Illinois Country/territory, the Louisiana territory and eastern Canada. Over the years the design has been slightly changed to adapt to the various residents, but mostly kept much of the original character and style of the French Creole architecture of the early 19th century. The slave quarters or kitchen were added later. The Guibourd House has one of the few original kitchens and slave quarters of this time period left in Ste. Genevieve.
Jacques Guibourd Historic House, 1 N 4th St, Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670, Phone: 573-883-7544
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