Illinois Adventure #1201 - Creole house

FIRST, IN PRAIRIE DUE ROASHER STANDS A DUROCHER STANDS A HOUSE. ROASHER STANDS A DUROCHER STANDS A HOUSE. TODAY IT STANDS FIVE TIMES A HOUSE. TODAY IT STANDS FIVE TIMES LARGER THAN WHEN IT BEGAN. TODAY IT STANDS FIVE TIMES LARGER THAN WHEN IT BEGAN. IT STARTED IN 1800 AS A SINGLE LARGER THAN WHEN IT BEGAN. IT STARTED IN 1800 AS A SINGLE ROOM. IT STARTED IN 1800 AS A SINGLE ROOM. >> THIS WAS THE FIRST HOUSE, ROOM. >> THIS WAS THE FIRST HOUSE, THIS PARTICULAR ROOM WAS THE >> THIS WAS THE FIRST HOUSE, THIS PARTICULAR ROOM WAS THE FIRST HOUSE. THIS PARTICULAR ROOM WAS THE FIRST HOUSE. >> THE ORIGINAL OWNERS LEFT TO FIRST HOUSE. >> THE ORIGINAL OWNERS LEFT TO SEEK THEIR FORTUNE IN >> THE ORIGINAL OWNERS LEFT TO SEEK THEIR FORTUNE IN CALIFORNIA, AND IN 1830, A SEEK THEIR FORTUNE IN CALIFORNIA, AND IN 1830, A MR. UNRY WHO HAD FIVE CHILDREN CALIFORNIA, AND IN 1830, A MR. UNRY WHO HAD FIVE CHILDREN PURCHASED THE HOUSE. MR. UNRY WHO HAD FIVE CHILDREN PURCHASED THE HOUSE. >> MR. UNRY HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS PURCHASED THE HOUSE. >> MR. UNRY HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS AND A SON. >> MR. UNRY HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS AND A SON. OLDEST DAUGHTER, ANGELIQUE, AND A SON. OLDEST DAUGHTER, ANGELIQUE, MARRIED THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS. OLDEST DAUGHTER, ANGELIQUE, MARRIED THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS. THEY HAD FREQUENT BOAT TRIPS UP MARRIED THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS. THEY HAD FREQUENT BOAT TRIPS UP AND DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI, AND THEY HAD FREQUENT BOAT TRIPS UP AND DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI, AND ONE DAY THE BOILER BLEW UP, AND AND DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI, AND ONE DAY THE BOILER BLEW UP, AND THE OLDER DAUGHTER, ANGELIQUE, ONE DAY THE BOILER BLEW UP, AND THE OLDER DAUGHTER, ANGELIQUE, AND HER BABY JUMPED OVERBOARD, THE OLDER DAUGHTER, ANGELIQUE, AND HER BABY JUMPED OVERBOARD, AND THEY PERISHED. AND HER BABY JUMPED OVERBOARD, AND THEY PERISHED. >> THE SECOND OLDEST DAUGHTER AND THEY PERISHED. >> THE SECOND OLDEST DAUGHTER MARRIED ABEAHAM LEE WHO HIT IT >> THE SECOND OLDEST DAUGHTER MARRIED ABEAHAM LEE WHO HIT IT RICH ON LOTTERY TICKET AND USED MARRIED ABEAHAM LEE WHO HIT IT RICH ON LOTTERY TICKET AND USED THE EARNINGS TO BUILD A MANSION RICH ON LOTTERY TICKET AND USED THE EARNINGS TO BUILD A MANSION NEXT DOOR. THE EARNINGS TO BUILD A MANSION NEXT DOOR. >> HE LIVED HERE ONLY SEVERAL NEXT DOOR. >> HE LIVED HERE ONLY SEVERAL YEARS, AND THEN HE PASSED AWAY. >> HE LIVED HERE ONLY SEVERAL YEARS, AND THEN HE PASSED AWAY. AT THAT TIME IT THE THIRD OLDER, YEARS, AND THEN HE PASSED AWAY. AT THAT TIME IT THE THIRD OLDER, MR. BRICKY PURCHASED THE CREOLE AT THAT TIME IT THE THIRD OLDER, MR. BRICKY PURCHASED THE CREOLE HOUSE. MR. BRICKY PURCHASED THE CREOLE HOUSE. HE PURCHASED THE MANSION. HOUSE. HE PURCHASED THE MANSION. THE MANSION STOOD THERE UNTIL HE PURCHASED THE MANSION. THE MANSION STOOD THERE UNTIL 1970 WHEN VANDALS BROKE IN AND THE MANSION STOOD THERE UNTIL 1970 WHEN VANDALS BROKE IN AND BURNED IT. 1970 WHEN VANDALS BROKE IN AND BURNED IT. >> ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE BURNED IT. >> ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE BRICKEY MANSION IS THAT LITTLE >> ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE BRICKEY MANSION IS THAT LITTLE BUILDING THERE WHICH WAS BRICKEY MANSION IS THAT LITTLE BUILDING THERE WHICH WAS PROBABLY FIRST THE CARRIAGE BUILDING THERE WHICH WAS PROBABLY FIRST THE CARRIAGE HOUSE OF LATER CONVERTED TO A PROBABLY FIRST THE CARRIAGE HOUSE OF LATER CONVERTED TO A SCHOOLHOUSE. HOUSE OF LATER CONVERTED TO A SCHOOLHOUSE. >> MR. ABRAHAM LEE PUT ON THE SCHOOLHOUSE. >> MR. ABRAHAM LEE PUT ON THE TWO ROOMS NEXT TO THIS ORIGINAL >> MR. ABRAHAM LEE PUT ON THE TWO ROOMS NEXT TO THIS ORIGINAL ROOM. TWO ROOMS NEXT TO THIS ORIGINAL ROOM. MR. BRICKEY PUT ON THE FOUR ROOM. MR. BRICKEY PUT ON THE FOUR ROOMS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF MR. BRICKEY PUT ON THE FOUR ROOMS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND ALSO A PORCH ALL ROOMS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND ALSO A PORCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FRONT. THE HOUSE AND ALSO A PORCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FRONT. THIS REALLY MADE IT MORE LIKE A THE WAY ACROSS THE FRONT. THIS REALLY MADE IT MORE LIKE A FRENCH HOME. THIS REALLY MADE IT MORE LIKE A FRENCH HOME. BUT ORIGINALLY IT WAS NOT A FRENCH HOME. BUT ORIGINALLY IT WAS NOT A FRENCH HOME. BUT ORIGINALLY IT WAS NOT A FRENCH HOME. THE REASON THAT IT IS CALLED A FRENCH HOME. THE REASON THAT IT IS CALLED A CREOLE HOUSE IS BECAUSE THE THE REASON THAT IT IS CALLED A CREOLE HOUSE IS BECAUSE THE FIRST HABITANTS IN THIS HOME CREOLE HOUSE IS BECAUSE THE FIRST HABITANTS IN THIS HOME WERE CREOLES. FIRST HABITANTS IN THIS HOME WERE CREOLES. THIS ~L MANTLE IS THE ONLY WERE CREOLES. THIS ~L MANTLE IS THE ONLY ORIGINAL PIECE OF FURNITURE TO THIS ~L MANTLE IS THE ONLY ORIGINAL PIECE OF FURNITURE TO THE HOUSE. ORIGINAL PIECE OF FURNITURE TO THE HOUSE. THE REST WAS FURNITURE, FOR THE HOUSE. THE REST WAS FURNITURE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PARTICULAR ARMOIRE THE REST WAS FURNITURE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PARTICULAR ARMOIRE CAME FROM AN OLD FRENCH FAMILY EXAMPLE, THIS PARTICULAR ARMOIRE CAME FROM AN OLD FRENCH FAMILY IN PRAIRIE DUE RECHE. CAME FROM AN OLD FRENCH FAMILY IN PRAIRIE DUE RECHE. >> THE CABINET BELONGED TO OUR IN PRAIRIE DUE RECHE. >> THE CABINET BELONGED TO OUR FIRST GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, >> THE CABINET BELONGED TO OUR FIRST GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, CHADWICK VAUGN. FIRST GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, CHADWICK VAUGN. >> ON THE SHELVES ARE A COUPLE CHADWICK VAUGN. >> ON THE SHELVES ARE A COUPLE OF PIECES OF CHINA GIVEN BIT >> ON THE SHELVES ARE A COUPLE OF PIECES OF CHINA GIVEN BIT VILLAGE TO THE UNRY FAMILY UPON OF PIECES OF CHINA GIVEN BIT VILLAGE TO THE UNRY FAMILY UPON THEIR MOVE WESTWARD. VILLAGE TO THE UNRY FAMILY UPON THEIR MOVE WESTWARD. >> I AM TOLD THAT PORTRAIT IS THEIR MOVE WESTWARD. >> I AM TOLD THAT PORTRAIT IS THE PORTRAIT OF GILLCREST >> I AM TOLD THAT PORTRAIT IS THE PORTRAIT OF GILLCREST TAYLOR, THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS. THE PORTRAIT OF GILLCREST TAYLOR, THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS. >> IN THE KITCHEN IS THE STOVE TAYLOR, THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS. >> IN THE KITCHEN IS THE STOVE FROM KASKASKIA ISLAND, ALONG >> IN THE KITCHEN IS THE STOVE FROM KASKASKIA ISLAND, ALONG WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF FURNITURE FROM KASKASKIA ISLAND, ALONG WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT ONCE BELONGED TO GOVERNOR WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT ONCE BELONGED TO GOVERNOR BOND WHICH HE USED TO STORE THAT ONCE BELONGED TO GOVERNOR BOND WHICH HE USED TO STORE MEDICINE AND HERBS. BOND WHICH HE USED TO STORE MEDICINE AND HERBS. IN THE 1970'S AND 80'S, WE MEDICINE AND HERBS. IN THE 1970'S AND 80'S, WE TOTALLY RENOVATED THIS BUILDING, IN THE 1970'S AND 80'S, WE TOTALLY RENOVATED THIS BUILDING, AND A FEW VERY INTERESTING BITS TOTALLY RENOVATED THIS BUILDING, AND A FEW VERY INTERESTING BITS OF TRASH WERE FOUND, BUT NOTHING AND A FEW VERY INTERESTING BITS OF TRASH WERE FOUND, BUT NOTHING OF GREAT VALUE EXCEPT THE ONE OF TRASH WERE FOUND, BUT NOTHING OF GREAT VALUE EXCEPT THE ONE COIN. OF GREAT VALUE EXCEPT THE ONE COIN. IT WAS LIKE CUSTOM WHEN A HOUSE COIN. IT WAS LIKE CUSTOM WHEN A HOUSE WAS REBUILT OR BUILT TO PUT A IT WAS LIKE CUSTOM WHEN A HOUSE WAS REBUILT OR BUILT TO PUT A FRESH MINTED COIN WITH A DATE WAS REBUILT OR BUILT TO PUT A FRESH MINTED COIN WITH A DATE SOME PLACE IN THE BUILDING. FRESH MINTED COIN WITH A DATE SOME PLACE IN THE BUILDING. SUCH A COIN WAS FOUND FROM THE SOME PLACE IN THE BUILDING. SUCH A COIN WAS FOUND FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION DONE IN THE 1857 SUCH A COIN WAS FOUND FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION DONE IN THE 1857 BY THE BRICKEY'S WHEN THEY RECONSTRUCTION DONE IN THE 1857 BY THE BRICKEY'S WHEN THEY BOUGHT THIS PLACE. BY THE BRICKEY'S WHEN THEY BOUGHT THIS PLACE. >> TODAY THE OLD IRON FENCE BOUGHT THIS PLACE. >> TODAY THE OLD IRON FENCE OUTLINES THE GROUNDS OF THE >> TODAY THE OLD IRON FENCE OUTLINES THE GROUNDS OF THE BRICKEY ESTATE. OUTLINES THE GROUNDS OF THE BRICKEY ESTATE. HERE THERE WAS ONCE A GATE THAT BRICKEY ESTATE. HERE THERE WAS ONCE A GATE THAT SHADED THE PATH. HERE THERE WAS ONCE A GATE THAT SHADED THE PATH. >> WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER PASSED SHADED THE PATH. >> WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER PASSED AWAY, THE BODY WAS CARRIED >> WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER PASSED AWAY, THE BODY WAS CARRIED THROUGH THAT GATE. AWAY, THE BODY WAS CARRIED THROUGH THAT GATE. THE PALLBEARERS CARRIED THE THROUGH THAT GATE. THE PALLBEARERS CARRIED THE COFFIN TO AN AVENUE OF TREES THE PALLBEARERS CARRIED THE COFFIN TO AN AVENUE OF TREES THAT WERE ONCE THEREON UP TO THE COFFIN TO AN AVENUE OF TREES THAT WERE ONCE THEREON UP TO THE CEMETERY WHERE IT WAS LAID TO THAT WERE ONCE THEREON UP TO THE CEMETERY WHERE IT WAS LAID TO REST. CEMETERY WHERE IT WAS LAID TO REST. >> THE MANSIONS ARE GONE, ALONG REST. >> THE MANSIONS ARE GONE, ALONG WITH THE FORTUNES AND FAMILIES >> THE MANSIONS ARE GONE, ALONG WITH THE FORTUNES AND FAMILIES WHO ONCE LIVED HERE. WITH THE FORTUNES AND FAMILIES WHO ONCE LIVED HERE. BUT THE HOUSE WITH THE HUMBLE WHO ONCE LIVED HERE. BUT THE HOUSE WITH THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS STILL REMAINS A LINK BUT THE HOUSE WITH THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS STILL REMAINS A LINK TO ONE TOWN'S PIONEERING PAST. TO SCHEDULE A TOUR OF THE CREOLE HOUSE IN PRAIRIE DUROCHE CALL 618-282-2245