Le Compte Home 1818

Henry Le Compte Home, November 1936--Photo from the Library of Congress

While the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936 credited Henry Le Compte as builder of this home in 1818, John Henry Le Compte wasn't born until 1850 in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. His father was Eloy LeCompte, who was born in 1807 in Illinois but moved to Ste. Genevieve sometime later. It may well be that Eloy built the house in 1832, as stated in The Commandant's Last Ride by Mark L. Evans, with John Henry becoming the owner at a later date. The survey reported their findings from Fair Play (newspaper) and didn't research for the facts. Much of the history in Ste. Genevieve is confusing and bears the need for more research.

It appears from Ancestry that the Le Comte (Le Compte) family moved to Quebec, Canada sometime after 1679, from Ste. Malo, France, moving to Montreal, Canada by 1718.  If you have any other information, please feel free to add it in the comment section.

The LeCompte Home is only one block from us at 231 N. Main Street. It no longer has the two porches. They were removed in 1940. It was built in the Anglo-American style, utilizing limestone from the Mississippi River bluffs. The house was damaged by a fire sometime in the 20th century. The roof line was changed from the original at that time.

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Historic American Buildings Survey Mo.
District of Missouri 

This house located in Ste• Genevieve, Mo*, was built in the year 1818 by Henry LeCompte, old French settler of Ste* Genevieve, Mo, In the flood of 1844 the waters of the Mississippi came up and covered the front porch. The first mill in Ste. Genevieve County was erected on the grounds adjoining this house.

This is a three story rectangular house of stone. Two story front porch across the front surmounted "by three large dormers. Sliding windows, have large upper sash divided into 9 lights small lower sash into 6 lights.

Information; Fair Play.

 Side View of Henry Le Compte Home, November 1936--Library of Congress

Addendum to Le Compte House 2S " HABS No. MO-1125
Location; Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Historical and Architectural Information
The following information was recorded by Alexander Piaget and Charles van Ravenswaay at the time the photograph was taken:
Building remodeled in 1939/ front gallery removed, and interior corner mantels taken out.

Project Information
The Piaget-van Ravenswaay Survey consists of a number of photographs, primarily of sites and structures in Missouri, which were taken before 1938 by Alexander Piaget ana after that by Paul Piaget, both in conjunction with Charles van Ravenswaay. Photographs of buildings were incorporated into the HABS collection in 1985 by Laura Rupp and in 1986 by Deborah Fulton, HABS historians. A master list is available in the 0W records for MG-180 0.

Historic American Buildings Survey
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C. 20013-7127

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From Ancestry. com: This has not been verified. Taken from the LeCompte Family Tree

Pierre Le Comte b. 1656   d. 18 May 1759 

Pierre Le Comte b. 2 Feb 1679 St. Malo, France  d. LesCedres, Quebec, Canada

Pierre Laurent LeComte LaFleur b. 2 Mar 1718 Montreal, Canada d. Canada

Louis Le Comte  b. abt 1750  d. Cahokia, Ill

Pierre Le Comte  b. 1797  d. 24 Mar 1837 Ill

Eloy LeCompte  b. 1807 Ill  d. 9 Feb 1890 Ste. Genevieve, Mo  buried: Valle Springs Cemetery

     1860-1870 Federal Census, Eloy was living in Ste. Genevieve and working as a clerk
     1880 Federal Census, Eloy has moved to St. Louis, Mo
       States his father was from Canada and him mother was from Illinois

John Henry LeCompte  b. 1850 Ste. Genevieve, Mo  d. 30 Apr 1931 St. Louis, Mo
      1870 Federal Census, Henry was living in Ste. Genevieve, Mo