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One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 1969 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Louis Auguste Benoist House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
The listing
- Listed as. Benoist, Louis Auguste, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 7802 Genesta St., Affton, 63123
- When was it listed? June 1969
- Category. building
- Township. Gravois township
- Architectural style. Italianate architecture
- Architect. George I. Barnett
- National Register reference number. 69000317 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Louis Auguste Benoist House between 2006 and 2014, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 81 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Louis Auguste Benoist House: 75 past producers, 5 producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delore Barite Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Krummel and Buchner Mine | Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| St Louis Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Parker-Russell Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Tole and Thorp Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Dredge and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Coffin Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No 7 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Affton, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | $5,000 | The public reported trees and power lines down. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Affton | - | Between 3 and 6 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over portions of southeastern St. Louis County. Several roads were flooded in Affton, Crestwood, Shrewsbury, and Oakville. Both directions of I-55 was briefly flooded near the Bayless Avenue exit. Also, the parking lot at Cedar Creek Lodge Apartments was flooded with several feet of water from the nearby creek. At least a dozen cars were flooded in the parking lot. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree. Part of the tree landed on a house causing moderate damage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a 30 foot tall, 3 foot diameter pine tree in Affton. It fell onto a garage causing moderate damage. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Affton | - | Hail up to nickel size was reported to have fallen in the Affton area for about 20 minutes. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Several large trees were blown over as well as numerous power lines and tree limbs. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Thunderstorm winds caused moderate roof damage to a building in Affton. Also, numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2005 | Flash Flood | Affton | - | Very heavy rain fell in a short amount of time over St. Louis County. In Affton, Grant Road in Grantwood Village, between Gravois Road and Pardee Road, was briefly closed due to fast rising water from the creek along Grant Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Amateur radio spotters reported a large tree limb blown onto a house in the Affton area. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Affton | - | Amateur radio spotters reported 1 inch hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Affton | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4inch hail in Affton. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Storm spotters reported some trees down in the Affton area. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Amateur radio spotters reported trees and power lines down in the Affton area of south St. Louis County. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | Amateur radio spotters reported trees down near the intersection of Sappinton and Concord Roads. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Affton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Affton | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Affton High School | 0.9 miles | 2010 |
 | New Mount Sinai Cemetery | 0.9 miles | 2005 |
 | Coral Court Motel | 1.2 miles | 1989 |
 | St. Stanislaus Seminary | 1.6 miles | 1972 |
 | Lindenwood School | 2.0 miles | 2005 |
| Northampton Commercial Historic District | 2.5 miles | 2026 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 69000317 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Louis County | All 663 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.