This is the home of Gen. Dan Bissell, Commander of Fort Belle Fontaine, and military commander of the upper Louisianna Territory from 1809 -1813. The General Daniel Bissell House was built between 1812 and 1820 and is an outstanding and early example of the Federal style of architecture in the Missouri Territory. Daniel Bissell was an important figure in the early military history of the region, and the house reflects its occupancy by five generations of his family before they gave it to St. Louis County in 1961 with many of its original furnishings.