Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District

Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District is a historic winery complex and vineyard property in Augusta, St. Charles County, Missouri. The district preserves a group of nineteenth-century structures associated with wine production and rural settlement in the Augusta area, including a frame half-timber house dating from approximately 1859, a brick outbuilding from about 1880, a brick winery completed in 1881, a stone well house also dating to 1881, and wine cellars believed to date from approximately 1865. The combination of residential, agricultural, production, storage, and water-related structures illustrates the physical infrastructure of a nineteenth-century winery operation. The principal winery building measures approximately 24 feet by 62 feet 6 inches. An extension measuring about 15 feet by 17 feet connects the building to the wine cellars. The cellars are notable for their brick floors and brick barrel-vault construction, supported by stone walls. These features reflect traditional methods of wine storage and the use of masonry construction to provide stable underground or partially subterranean conditions for aging and preserving wine. The property is significant primarily as a historic place rather than as a contemporary consumer brand. It represents the development of grape growing and wine production in Augusta, a Missouri community with a long association with viticulture. The district's surviving buildings provide evidence of how a winery was organized during the late nineteenth century, when production depended on purpose-built masonry facilities, cellars, wells, and adjacent residential or service structures. Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The designation recognizes the architectural and historical importance of the surviving complex. Available reference material does not establish a current corporate owner, operating company, executive team, commercial product portfolio, or current operating status for the historic district itself. Accordingly, it should be understood as a historic winery property and heritage site, not automatically as a separately organized modern wine company.

Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District is located in Augusta, in St. Charles County, Missouri. Its surviving buildings document the physical setting of a nineteenth-century winery and vineyard operation. Rather than consisting of a single structure, the district encompasses related buildings that served different functions within the property. The earliest identified element is a frame half-timber house dating to approximately 1859. The property also contains wine cellars believed to date from around 1865. The cellars are built with stone walls, brick floors, and brick barrel vaults, construction that would have provided a durable and relatively stable environment for wine storage. Their presence indicates that wine production and aging were central to the property's historical use. A brick outbuilding was added at approximately 1880, followed by the principal brick winery building in 1881. A stone well house was also constructed in 1881. Together, these structures show the range of facilities needed by a winery: housing or administration, production space, storage, auxiliary service buildings, and access to water. The principal winery measures approximately 24 feet by 62 feet 6 inches and includes a 15-foot-by-17-foot extension leading toward the wine cellars. The district is associated with the history of viticulture in Augusta and the broader development of Missouri's wine industry. Its architecture combines timber, brick, and stone in a functional rural-industrial complex. The preserved cellars and winery structures are particularly important because they retain evidence of traditional wine-making and storage practices rather than representing only a later commemorative site. In 1995, Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The designation formally recognized the site's historic and architectural significance. The available reference material does not provide a complete account of the property's founders, changes in ownership, production volumes, later commercial operations, or current management. It also does not establish whether the site continues to operate as a commercial winery. Those details therefore remain unspecified.

• 1995

  National Register listing

  [1]Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic Districten.wikipedia.org

  Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places.

• 1881

  Completion of the principal winery complex

  [1]Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic Districten.wikipedia.org

  The principal brick winery building and a stone well house were constructed. The winery included an extension leading to the wine cellars.

• 1880

  Construction of the brick outbuilding

  [1]Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic Districten.wikipedia.org

  A brick outbuilding was added to the winery property.

• 1865

  Approximate construction of the wine cellars

  [1]Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic Districten.wikipedia.org

  Wine cellars were constructed at approximately this date, using stone walls, brick flooring, and brick barrel vaults for storage and aging.

• 1859

  Construction of the half-timber house

  [1]Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic Districten.wikipedia.org

  A frame half-timber house was built on the property, forming one of the earliest documented surviving structures in the district.

A preserved nineteenth-century winery complex valued for its architectural, industrial, agricultural, and local historical significance.

• Alcoholic beverages

  Wine

  Wine is the product historically associated with the property. The buildings and cellars indicate a nineteenth-century operation involving grape cultivation, wine production, and storage. The available material does not identify particular grape varieties, named labels, vintages, production quantities, or a current commercial product range.

1. 1Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic Districten.wikipedia.org