128 Aquamsi Street
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701
Step back into the year 1803 with docents in period dress for a great tour of the French Colonial style
house built for the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commemoration in Cape Girardeau. Enter into Louis Lorimier's Trading Post to see trade good items recorded in Lorimier's estate papers in 1812 when he died. The next room-- the Lorimier room-- is decorated as Lorimier's home might have been when Meriwether Lewis spent the evening dining with the family and admiring Lorimier's daughter on November 23, 1803. The third room--the Girardeau room--contains eight interpretive panels depicting Lewis & Clark's visit, the four members of the expedition who returned to Cape Girardeau after the expedition, the settlers in the area, French Colonial house construction, African Americans, Native Americans, rivers, road and transportation and, of course, Louis Lorimier, founder of Cape Girardeau. Open every Saturday in March through the first Saturday in December, when riverboats are in Cape or by special appointment through the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau.
For Tours or Speaking Engagements contact the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau:
573-335-1631 or 1-800-777-0068
Staff Listing:
Julia Thompson
Parks and Recreation Director
573-339-6340
jthompson@cityofcapegirardeau.org |