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Description This photograph shows the Norman Truss which supports the roof. Note how the rafter poles for the gallerie tie-in. The Bequet-Ribault House was built c. 1793 near Ste. Geneviève, Missouri . It is one of three poteaux-en-terre buildings that survive. The others are the Amoureaux House and the Vital St. Gemme Beauvais House I (20 S. Main Street).
Date April/May 1986
Source Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service; Record MO-1114
Author Jack E. Boucher

Cross Reference

Another view of the structure in the attic.


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