Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District

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Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District
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Location 5634 High St.
Augusta, Missouri
Coordinates 38°34′13″N90°52′30″W / 38.57028°N 90.87500°W / 38.57028; -90.87500 Coordinates: 38°34′13″N90°52′30″W / 38.57028°N 90.87500°W / 38.57028; -90.87500
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1859 (1859), c. 1865, c. 1880, 1881
MPS Augusta MPS
NRHP reference # 94001144 [1]
Added to NRHP September 29, 1994

Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District is a historic winery and national historic district located at Augusta, St. Charles County, Missouri. The district encompasses a frame half-timber house (c. 1859) with brick outbuilding (c. 1880); a brick winery building (1881) with a stone well house (1881); and wine cellars (c. 1865). The winery building measures approximately 24 feet by 62 feet, 6 inches, with a 15 foot by 17 foot extension leading to the wine cellars. The wine cellars feature brick floors and brick barrel vaults supported by stone walls. [2] :5

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Mary M. Stiritz (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 6 photographs from 1993)