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Old Cahokia Courthouse | |
Location | Cahokia Heights, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 38°34′14.75″N 90°11′30.16″W / 38.5707639°N 90.1917111°W |
Built | c. 1740 |
Architectural style | French Colonial, Poteaux-sur-solle |
NRHP reference No. | 72001480[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 9, 1972 |
The Cahokia Courthouse State Historic Site is a reconstructed French-Canadian structure built about 1740 at what is now 107 Elm Street, Cahokia Heights, Illinois. At various times it has served as a house and as a courthouse. It is currently interpreted to resemble its appearance about 1800 as a frontier courthouse of the Northwest Territory. The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1972.
The old Cahokia log home is believed to have been built in 1737 as a four-room private residence by Jean le Poincet and acquired in later years by Jean Francois Saucier, son of the designer of Fort de Chartres, from his first wife's family as her dowry. It was here that Jean Francois Saucier's six children with his first two wives, Marguerite Cadron and Angelique Lapensee were born. His other eight children with third wife Marie Francoise Nicolle were born and raised in Missouri. It is the oldest house in Illinois as well as the mid-west.[citation needed]