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==Missouri German and Missouri French architecture== [[File:KuehnHouse.JPG|right|thumb|[[Kuehn House (Florissant, Missouri)|Kuehn House]]]] Florissant is home of a number of examples of [[Missouri German architecture]], mostly in brick commercial and institutional buildings, The finest example in the area is the [[Kuehn House (Florissant, Missouri)|Kuehn House]], which has a "pronounced, toothed [[corbel]] table on its primary facade"; other notable examples are the [[Tebeau House]] and the [[Withington House]].<ref name=mra/> Each of these is individually listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Several more examples are in the National Register-listed [[St. Ferdinand Central Historic District]]: *[[Abel-Griese House and Store]], *[[Weithaupt Store and Residence]], *[[Sacred Heart Convent (Florissant, Missouri)|Sacred Heart Convent]] (1904), 751 Jefferson, a brick building also with Gothic Revival detailing, *[[Herz Jesu Schule]] (1889), 751 Jefferson, which mirrors the style of the Sacred Heart Convent, and *[[Griese House]] (1858), 700 Jefferson, an apartment building.<ref name="nrhpdoc-District2">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63817979 |title=District #2 - St. Ferdinand Central Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Noelle Soren |author2=Linda Harper |date=January 12, 1979|access-date=May 14, 2023}} This is 57 pages partly excerpted from the larger 250-page PDF. Page 1-11 are pages 26-36 of the 250 page PDF document. Pages 12-15 are individual State of Missouri Office of Historic Preservation Historic Inventory forms for Foeller House, Laramie House, Tricamo House, and Wesling House which do not appear in the 250-page PDF. Page 16 is the signatures page of the MRA which appears on page 59 in the 250-page PDF. Pages 17-54 are accompanying 18 photos and captions pages, not included in the 250-page PDF. Page 55 is a reference to a map of the district in the MRA, apparently meaning "Plan 5: St. Ferdinand Central Historic District Boundaries, Intrusions and Nominated Properties" which appears on page 184 of the 250-page PDF.</ref> It is also home to numerous [[Missouri French architecture]] examples, mostly wood frame residences.<ref name=nrhpdoc-District2/> Examples include: *[[Moynihan House (Florissant, Missouri)]] *[[Hubecky House]] *[[Meyer House (Florissant, Missouri)]]
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