Frenchtown Historic District

For the district in New Jersey, see Frenchtown Historic District (Frenchtown, New Jersey).

Frenchtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by N. Fifth, Clark and French Sts. and the Missouri R., St. Charles, Missouri
Coordinates	38°47′19″N 90°28′48″W
Area	102.6 acres (41.5 ha)
Architect	Platte, John Joseph; Wessbecher, Louis
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Colonial, French Colonial
NRHP reference No.	91000216 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 14, 1991

Frenchtown Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri. The district encompasses 205 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the Frenchtown section of St. Charles. It developed between about 1830 and 1940, and includes representative examples of Greek Revival style, Late Victorian style and Colonial style architecture. The district includes an industrial complex associated with the St. Charles Car Company, founded in 1873, and later known as the American Car and Foundry Company.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Mary M. Stiritz (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frenchtown Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes 25 photographs) and Site map

External links

Media related to Frenchtown Historic District (St. Charles, Missouri) at Wikimedia Commons