| Sauganash Hotel | |
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 Sauganash Hotel, c. 1830–33 (the smaller building on the left was Chicago's first drug store) | |
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| General information | |
| Completed | 1831 |
| Closed | 1851 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
Sauganash Hotel (originally Eagle Exchange Tavern) is a former hotel; regarded as the first hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1831, it was located at Wolf Point in the present day Loop community area at the intersection of the north, south and main branches of the Chicago River. The location at West Lake Street and North Wacker Drive (formerly Market Street) was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002.[1] The hotel changed proprietors often in its twenty-year existence and briefly served as Chicago's first theater. It was named after Sauganash, an interpreter in the British Indian Department.