Laborers House and Ordnance Stable

533 Grant 
Jefferson Barracks Park

St. Louis  63125

(314) 615-8800

Admission is free.  Free parking in a parking lot. 

https://stlouiscountymo.gov/st-louis-county-departments/parks/places/jefferson-barracks-park/

Opened after 1951. 

The Laborers House was built of limestone in 1851 to house the civilian laborers who constructed the buildings in the Ordnance section of Jefferson Barracks. After the construction was completed it housed the ordnance keeper and his family. The summer kitchen that was with the house no longer exists. The house included a garden, most likely for growing herbs and flowers. Today there is a garden to the right of the house as well as behind it. Under those trees there is an area for weddings. 

The first floor has a large sitting room 

The second floor has three bedrooms. Plexiglass keeps visitors from entering these rooms. 

Second bedroom. 

A delightful piece of furniture in the this bedroom. It is a Victorian gentleman's shaving stand with adjustable mirror. 

The third bedroom is very small and currently only displays these two chests plus two chairs. 

The Ordnance Stable is across the road.  It also was built of limestone in 1851.  It housed two wagons and four horses. They were used to haul munitions to Jefferson Barracks from the St. Louis Arsenal where they were made. That the barn had two doors so that a wagon could get in is unique.  Because of the pandemic we were not allowed inside but were told that it houses wagons today. 

Today a park Visitors Center sits across from the stables. 

In the Visitors Center is a small gift shop. 

Comment: When we arrived we learned that the Laborer's House and Ordnance Stable were closed due to the pandemic.  A kind volunteer working in the Visitors Center let us into the house for a quick walk through.  It is a small house so not a lot to see but it makes sense to stop and see it when visiting the other Jefferson Barracks Park museums. 

We enjoyed the garden area around the house very much. We were greeted by a volunteer - a trail watcher - who told us about the various plants and the trails.  She was delightful and full of information.