General Daniel Bissell House, St. Louis, MO Photos

The General Daniel Bissell House was built (1812-20) (10225 Bellefontaine Road) by the American military commander of the Upper Louisiana Territory. He arrived in 1809 to find Fort Belle Fontaine near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers north of St. Louis poorly located and maintained. In 1811 he received permission to rebuild the fort on higher ground and then set about building his own home on better land to the south. It is now a museum house with furnishings of the era. The fort he built was abandoned in 1826 when the army moved to Jefferson Barracks on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River south of St. Louis.

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General Daniel Bissell House (1812-20) (10225 Bellefontaine Road). St. Louis, MO. Style: Federal. On National Register.	Staircase at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	Convex early American mirror at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	Parlor at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.

Portrait of General Daniel Bissell at his House. St. Louis, MO.	Parlor table & chairs at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	Copper kettle on stand in parlor at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	Early American mirror at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.

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Mantle clock with picture of Mt. Vernon at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	Oil lamp at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	John Quincy Adams graphic (1844) by Wm. H. Brown & published by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	William Henry Harrison graphic (1844) by Wm. H. Brown & published by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.

Thomas Hart Benton graphic (1844) by Wm. H. Brown & published by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	John Tyler graphic (1844) by Wm. H. Brown & published by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.	Kitchen at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.


See Also:	St. Louis, MO House Museums & Open-Air Museums of Missouri