Thomas Sappington House Museum
The Sappington House Foundation is responsible for restoring and preserving two historic architectures, the Thomas Sappington House Museum and the 1816 Joseph Sappington Log House. Historic Sappington House includes a Federal-style brick mansion, built during Jefferson’s presidency. Meticulously restored, elegantly refurbished, visitors will encounter life as the wilderness inhabitants did in the early 1800’s. In 1808 during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Sappington built this exquisite home, now a house museum, for his bride, Mary Ann Kinkead. Constructed with the help of enslaved labor, the house was erected with sun-dried bricks made on-site. Wooden pegs were used to secure the frame of the building constructed on a limestone foundation. The house is almost unchanged. The initial restoration began in 1963, and the house opened for public tours in 1966 in the St. Louis suburb of Crestwood.
References
The Sappington House Foundation. (n.d.). About Us. https://historicsappingtonhouse.org/about-us/
M, Ben and ONeal, T. (2021). Thomas Sappington House Museum. Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/entry/82675