A Summertime Past:

House & Garden Tour 

 Saturday, June 8, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
 

As you visit multiple historic sites, observe how the outdoors complement the inside spaces. Be it a single potted plant, a garden, a farm, or the wider environs, each historic site relates to its surroundings. See how our ancestors connected with the land, in both ornamental and practical ways. Enjoy various summertime activities. Be inspired and take home your own landscape painting in your mind’s eye.

Learn about the Participating Sites of
A Summertime Past: Home & Garden Tour

Want to know when, where, and what activities each site will have? Scroll below to learn about all of the historic sites and museums participating in this special event!
2024 Participating Sites
Affton Oakland House

Affton Oakland House
7801 Genesta St. (enter off Seth), St Louis, Mo 63123
314-352-5654  



Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum
4947 W. Florissant, St. Louis, MO 63115
314-381-0750    
Handicap Accessible. Yes; grounds are limited
Restrooms: Gatehouse
Admission: free 

Upon entering the grounds at 4947 W. Florissant, stop at the Gatehouse (building on the left) to interact with volunteers for maps and directions to Gardens and points of interest on the 314-acre Level III Arboretum. 

The Tour Line, a 3.7 Mile journey through the 14 miles of roadway, will be the best way to tour these grounds with over 87,000 burials.  Booklets secured at the Gatehouse will highlight a few of this historic cemetery's History, Horticulture, and Architectural highlights.

Brookes Park
420 Brookes Drive
Hazelwood Mo 63042
315-513-5018
Handicap Accessible;  Yes; Little Red School House
Admission: Free
hazelwoodmo.org
daleezer@hazelwoodmo.org 

Campbell House Museum
Campbell House Museum
1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63103 
 314-421-0325   
Handicap Accessible: No
Admission: Adults: $10, Children (12 & under): free

Come see our beautiful Victorian garden in bloom. Built in 1851, the first house in the elegant Lucas Place neighborhood, the Campbell House was the home of renowned fur trader and entrepreneur Robert Campbell and his family from 1854 until 1938. The museum contains hundreds of original Campbell possessions including furniture, paintings, clothing, letters, carriages and a unique set of interior photographs taken in the mid-1880s.  
Carondelet History Museum
6303 Michigan Ave, St. Louis, MO 63111
(314) 481-6303   
Handicap Accessible: Yes (lift at side door, elevator within building) 
Admission: free


Centre for French Colonial Life
Physical street address: 198 Market St. Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
Phone number: 573-883-3105
Website address: www.frenchcolonialamerica.org
Handicap accessibility notation: museum, grounds and gardens are accessible; historic houses have some steps
Admission fee:  museum - $5 for adults, $3 for children; historic house tours - $10 for adults, $5 for children; grounds and gardens during the festival are free
 
The Centre for French Colonial Life in Ste. Genevieve, Mo features an exhibit facility and two historic houses that tell the story of settlement in this region by people of French descent in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and the development during that time of a unique “French Creole” cultural identity and way of life in this region.  Admission is charged for the museum and house tours, but on June 10, 2023, during the French Heritage Festival -- a special community event taking place throughout downtown Ste. Genevieve that weekend -- the grounds and gardens at the corner of Market and Main streets will be open for free from 10 AM to 4 PM.  Local living history enthusiasts will be on site, recreating life and activities of the 18th century militia, as well as demonstrating period crafts and skills.  At that time, the herb and kitchen gardens behind the Bolduc and LeMeilleur houses will be open to explore.

Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion
3352 DeMenil Place, Saint Louis, MO 63118
314-771-5828
Website: www.demenil.org
Handicap Accessible: No
Admission: Adult: $10, Children
(under 12): $5
Mansion tours at 11 am, 12:30 pm, and 2 pm

Come stroll the nearly 1 acre of beautiful grounds at the Chatillon-DeMenil mansion at no charge. Featuring manicured French-inspired and Victorian gardens, woodland areas, and occasional wildlife, there’s something for everyone. After your garden stroll, tour the brick farmhouse as it blossoms to become the famous Greek Revival masterpiece you see today. Tour charges apply for the mansion.
Field House Museum
634 South Broadway, Saint Louis, MO 63102 
314-421-4689   
Handicap Accessible: Museum & 1st Floor of Historic House
Admission:  $5

PLEASE NOTE:  TOUR IS MUSEUM ONLY; HOUSE IS CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS.

Visit the Field House Museum for a colorful afternoon. Tour the historic Field family and learn about Roswell Field, attorney for Dred Scott, and his son Eugene Field, the "Children's Poet." Immerse yourself in the 19th century with original family items, many unique finds collected by Eugene on his travels. Afterwards explore the 4,000 sq. ft. Museum expansion with rotating exhibits, the Eugene Field Library, and gift shop. The Field House Museum is a National Historic Landmark.
Gittemeier House - Historic Florissant, Inc. 
1067 Dunn Road, Florissant, MO  63031
314-565-1468   
Handicap Accessible: 1st Floor 
Admission: Donation 

This 1860’s farmhouse is a local landmark and was built by Franz Gittemeier who came to Florissant from Prussia in the 1850s.  After working as a farm hand, Franz left for the California gold rush. He returned to Florissant’s fertile land with enough gold dust to purchase 270 acres of farmland.  Franz built this three story home, married and had 10 children.  His children married into prominent  families and contributed to the growing population of the late 1800’s Florissant.  Enjoy wine and cheese as you peruse the house gardens; one will find a large quilt display, period furnishings, local history displays, Franz’s wooden shoes, early wedding photos, Hume’s family history, Aubuchon family furniture, Narrow Gauge Railroad artifacts and much more. The Florissant Gardeners will be on hand to discuss period flora. Some plants may be available for purchase. 
Hawken House Museum
1155 S. Rock Hill Rd., Webster Groves, MO 63119    
314-968-1857   
Website: https://historicwebster.org/the-hawken-house-museum Hawkenhouse@historicwebster.org 
Handicap Accessible: No
Admission:  Adult: $5, Children (12 & under): free   The Historic Hawken House Museum will be open for self-guided tours for a $5.00 donation per visitor. There will be acoustic musical acts throughout the day, along with dramatizations by actors portraying Historical Figures. A wine tasting may also be held in the Hearth Room or outside on the grounds - weather permitting.
Enjoy our Summertime Marketplace located in the 1400sf floor space of the Hearth Room, the outdoor areas surrounding the Historic Hawken House and the History Center grounds. Visit merchants and pick up beautiful handmade goods, and selected items from our local boutiques and Webster Groves businesses. Admission to the Marketplace is Free.

Historic Daniel Boone Home
1868 Highway F, Defiance, MO 633419
636-798-2005   
Handicap Accessible: Home 1st and 2nd floor.  Grounds: No
Admission:  Adult: $8, Senior (60+): $6, Children (5-12): $5, Under 5: Free 

Come celebrate the beauty of summer in the lush Femme Osage Valley at Historic Daniel Boone Home. This Georgian style home was the residence of Daniel Boone’s youngest son Nathan and his family. It was also the place Daniel called “home” and where he passed away on September 26th, 1820. This frontier mansion is nestled in the rolling hills of southern St. Charles County and is surrounded by other historic buildings which were moved to the site. Come stroll the grounds and explore the historical gardens as well as enjoying in the more ornamental plantings around throughout the park. The Boone home will be open for tours, with an admission fee, but the grounds are free of charge to walk. Come enjoy nature’s beauty and the relaxed pace of life. The Historic Daniel Boone Home and grounds are yours to savor. We’ll see you there!

Historic Sappington House
1015 S. Sappington Road, St. Louis, MO 63126-1004 
(314) 822-8171
info@historicsappingtonhouse.org
Admission fee: $5 adults, $1 children under 12 
Handicap Accessible:  Partially, two small steps into first floor; second floor bedrooms not handicap accessible 

Enjoy summer beauty in our formal flower and herb gardens as well as tour our historic home. Dramatic recitations will be performed in the parlour. Anne Williams will recite Shakespearean sonnets in the morning, and Tom Poelker will portray Benjamin Franklin in the afternoon. Our lovely green grounds are awaiting families, perhaps for picnicking. You can choose from a free exchange of seeds harvested from our autumn gardens. We also have plants for sale. Plein air artists will join us in the park, sketching their nature observations on paper. Summertime refreshments will be served.
Mudd's Grove
302 W. Argonne Drive., Kirkwood, MO 63122
314-965-5151   
Handicap Accessible: 1st Floor
Admission: Adults: $5 cash at door; 16 and under FREE

Mudd's Grove is a stately red brick mansion in Kirkwood, Missouri and is among the largest houses built in the Greek Revival style in Saint Louis County. The original home was built in 1859 by developer John Hoffman just a few years after the town's founding in 1853.  

Myer’s House and Barn
CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT
10 Dunn Road, Florissant, MO 63031
314-277-0204
Website: NA
Handicap Accessible: No 
Admission: Donation

John B. Myers purchased land to build this house in 1867. The two-story home is known for its Classical Revival style architecture, and features large rooms, each with a fireplace. It boasts a widow’s walk and columned front porch. Shortly after the estate’s completion, John Myers died of pneumonia in 1869, at the age of 48. His wife continued to run the estate until her death in 1926. The estate was threatened with demolition in the construction of Hwy 170 and saved through the cooperation of the Federal Dept. of Transportation, Historic Florissant, Inc. and owner, Mrs. Ivanich. The Myers’ House is now privately owned and on the National Register for Historic Places. The first floor houses the Weaving Department and the second floor, living quarters. Enjoy wine and cheese as you view original fresco work, original woodwork, pocket doors and paintings from the owner’s private collection.
Old Saint Ferdinand Shrine
#1 Rue St. Francois St., Florissant MO 63031 314-837-2110   
Handicap Accessible: Limited
Admission: Free

CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS
Overland Log House
2404 Gass Ave., Overland, MO 63114 
(314) 426-7027   
Handicap Accessible: No
Admission: $3 per Adult suggested donation

The Overland Historical Society is delighted to participate in Historic St Louis House and Garden tour on June 10th. We will have our log house, museum, and log barn open for tours. In our log barn, we will have antique tool demonstrations so you can check out what it was like to build in the 1850's. Plus our herb garden and wildflower gardens and outbuildings will be on display. Please stop by and sample life in the mid-1800's.

Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse 
6826 Chamberlain Court University City, Missouri 63130
Email:  thepastlives@suttermeyer.org
Handicapp Accessible:  Downstairs only
Admission? No

The Sutter-Meyer House is the oldest known residence in University City,
Missouri. Built around 1873, it is a remnant of late 19 th century and early 20 th
century rural America. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1982 and designated a Landmark of University City by the Historic
Preservation Commission in 1986. The Sutter –Meyer house will be celebrating
“Voices of University City” as part of Historic St. Louis Home and Garden Show
by having authors in University City participating in the open house.

Taille De Noyer
1896 S. New Florissant Rd., Florissant, MO 63031 
314-409-9478  
Handicap Accessible:
Admission: $5.00 for adults and $1.00 for children 12 and under. 

Located on the McCluer High School Campus—enter the campus from 1896 N. New Florissant Road, go straight and then make the first and only right turn.  Come visit this wonderful historic home, the only Spanish-era colonial home in STL that is open to the public.   Beautifully furnished, the house features lovely period furniture, a fun toy collection upstairs, and stunning vintage clothing on the third floor.  One of the first floor rooms has the original log construction exposed.  A variety of books and souvenirs are for sale.  FVHS strives to honor ALL history at the house—both the Mullanphy’s role in Florissant and the African Americans who were enslaved on the estate.  Come see our fascinating Black History exhibit that honors those who were enslaved here and throughout North County. 

Tappmeyer Homestead
2 Barnes West Drive, Creve Coeur, MO 63141 
314-795-9322   
Located in Creve Coeur’s Millennium Park, behind Barnes West Hospital (#2 Barnes West Drive). Paved pathway and accessible lift (south side). 
Contact TappmeyerHomestead@gmail.com for more information and ADA arrangements.
Handicap Accessible: Yes, first floor
Admission: Free 

The Tappmeyer Homestead is fundamentally about the land. Whether it was the grain crops the original farm produced, the vegetables grown in the garden, the fruit harvested from the large orchard, or the perennials and flowers grown for their beauty or medicinal use – it was always about mother nature and the land. This understated elegant Victorian Italianate farmhouse constructed in 1880, belies the sun-up to sun-down long days and backbreaking, hard work of the immigrant farm family who called it home. Today, the house is framed by plantings appropriate to the historic time, with a demonstration heritage garden. Inside you will find the attention to detail continues with the first floor of the house decorated for late spring

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site - White Haven
7400 Grant Road; Saint Louis, MO 63123
314-842-1867
Email: ulsg_interpretation@nps.gov  
Handicap accessible: Partially-historic house has ramp and most of the rooms are accessible by wheelchair. 
Admission: Free  

IUlysses S. Grant National Historic Site consists of nearly ten acres of beautiful landscapes, historic buildings, and a native rain garden for all to explore and enjoy. Park activities include a 22-minute orientation film, ranger-led tours of Ulysses S. Grant's White Haven estate, and a self-guided museum about Grant's life. All activities are free and no reservations are required.

Willoughby Heritage Farm
631 Willoughby Ln., Collinsville, IL 62234
 618-977-0941  
Handicap Accessible: 1st Floor of both houses
Admission: FREE

Willoughby Heritage Farm and Conservation Reserve is located at 631 Willoughby Lane. Willoughby is a 1920’s to 1950’s working farm with lots to do for all ages: feed/ pet the animals, have a picnic, take a hike on the trails, play in the Kid Zone, or tour the 1922 farmhouse and timberframe barns. Willoughby offers many rental facilities with a very unique setting for any type of celebration.
The farmhouse will be open with self-guided tours of the farmhouse and gardens from 10am-2pm. FREE!
Call 618-977-0941 for more information or visit www.willoughbyfarm.org