This photogrpah showns the <i>gallerie</i> along the west side.  Note the space between the outer wall and the roof of the <i>gallerie</i>.  The Bequet-Ribault House was built c. 1793 near  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ste._Genevieve,_Missouri" class="extiw" title="en:Ste. Genevieve, Missouri">Ste. Geneviève, Missouri</a>. It is one of three <i>poteaux-en-terre</i> buildings that survive.  The others are the Amoureaux House and the Vital St. Gemme Beauvais House I (20 S. Main Street).
Jack E. Boucher
April/May 1986
Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service; Record MO-1114