Martin-Boismenue House

Pierre Martin House
Location First St. at Old Rt. 3, East Carondelet, Illinois
Coordinates 38°32′51″N 90°11′53″W / 38.54750°N 90.19806°W / 38.54750; -90.19806Coordinates: 38°32′51″N 90°11′53″W / 38.54750°N 90.19806°W / 38.54750; -90.19806
Area less than one acre
Built 1790
Architectural style Colonial, Other, French Colonial
NRHP Reference # 89002350[1]
Added to NRHP February 9, 1990

The Martin-Boismenue House is a single-family house and historic site in East Carondelet, Illinois about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) East of the Mississippi River. The house, built circa 1790, is owned by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.[2]

Martin-Boismenue House

Description

The Martin-Boismenue House, built about 1790 by North American frontiersman Pierre Martin, is one of the oldest surviving structures in Illinois. Although the house was built after the American Bottom had been ceded to the young United States of America, the house reflects the French Colonial architectural traditions of the Mississippi River valley. The region immediately around Cahokia, Illinois continued to speak French for several decades after the cession.

The one-story house is built as a poteaux-sur-sol ('post-on-sill') structure, a traditional French building scheme that shares many elements with traditional European half timbering. Squared-log outer walls support the roof; the logs, squared off by hand-hewing or with a pit saw, rest on a log sill mounted on a stone foundation. 'Galleries,' wide porches, enclose the house's north and south facades. The house consists of a two-room first floor, a large attic, a half-basement, and the two galleries. There was no shortage of firewood in the Illinois Territory during the house's early history, and the three separate fireplaces were used to heat the home and acted as places for cooking.

The Martin-Boismenue House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 1990 as NRHP site #89002350. It is located at 2110 1st Street in East Carondelet.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Martin-Boismenue House". Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
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