In 1766, Jean B.
Lorain, a tanner, built this small French frame
house on the southwest corner of Second and
Spruce Street.
He sold it to Manuel Lisa in 1799, and Lisa sold
it to Theodore Hunt in 1814.
Source: Peterson,
Charles E., Colonial St. Louis - Building a
Creole Capital, St. Louis, 1949.
Photo: Steven, Walter B., Centennial History
of Missouri: (the Center State), 1921.
