Raised Basement Houses

Isaac Kremer/ November 23, 2025/ / 0 comments

Raised basement houses appear in a range of different types and configurations, all with their main story set on a high foundation, considerably above grade, with an exterior staircase providing access to the living quarters. The ground story of the building was used for kitchen or storage. The earliest of these houses seem to have been influenced by French colonial buildings, although they date from a later period. The remaining St. Louis examples of this property type were constructed about 1860. (St. Louis, 1995)