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The 200 yr-old fireplace and chimney has been restored at the Silversmith’s Residence.
A Ste. Genevieve historic property has been regarded by the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation.
The Antoine Oneille Dwelling, also identified as the Silversmith’s Household, was introduced with the 2020 McReynolds Award in recognition for the renovation of the home. The setting up is owned by the Initial Presbyterian Church and found at 150 S. Main Street.
Pastor Steve Matthews, Rick Schaefer and Becky Millinger acquired the award on behalf of the church. Millinger has investigated the historical past of the dwelling and talked about the renovation.
“Antoine Oneille, a French-Canadian, was born in Quebec about 1769,” she explained. “He crafted extremely great silver and crafted silver for trade, which was not as properly accomplished.”
There is a display of Antoine Oneille’s silversmith get the job done at the Silversmith’s Residence in Ste. Genevieve.
After residing in Detroit, Michigan and Vincennes, Indiana, Oneille last but not least settled in Ste. Genevieve and developed trade silver for Illinois politician and businessman Pierre Menard.
In accordance to Millinger, Oneille was regarded in the major 17 silversmiths in the late 1700s and early 1800’s. His operate is deemed collectible and is a section of lots of museums and non-public collections.
Millinger stated that the title Silversmith’s Home is a recent creation of the church.
“It is a name that we coined as a way to generate income for our funding,” she explained. “The property is an Anglo-American design house, it appears to be like like it would be French-Colonial, but was altered soon after a fire in 1982.”
