Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite

Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is located in Illinois
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is located in the United States
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
LocationPioneer Court, Chicago, IL
Coordinates41°53′22.78″N 87°37′24.28″W / 41.8896611°N 87.6234111°W / 41.8896611; -87.6234111
Areaabout 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1779
NRHP reference No.76000690 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1976
Designated NHLMay 11, 1976[2]
Black and white sketch of a well-kept log house, with multiple windows, a front porch, fence and landscape. Two people are on the porch.
Drawing of the former home of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable in Chicago as it appeared in the early 1800s

The Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is the location where, around the 1780s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable located his home and extensive trading post.[2] This home is generally considered to be the first permanent, non-native, residence in Chicago, Illinois.[3] A National Historic Landmark, the site of Point du Sable's homestead is now partially occupied by and commemorated in Pioneer Court, off DuSable Bridge at 401 N. Michigan Avenue in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.[4]

  1. ^ "Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. August 25, 2010. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
  3. ^ Swenson, John W (1999). "Jean Baptiste Point de Sable—The Founder of Modern Chicago". Early Chicago. Early Chicago, Inc. Archived from the original on January 16, 2005. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  4. ^ "Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite". National Register of Historic Places Inventory. National Park Service. Retrieved September 6, 2010.