Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite
United States historic place in Chicago, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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. This home is generally considered to be the first permanent, non-native residence in Chicago, Illinois. 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.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | 401 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| Listed | May 11, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76000690 |
| Type of place | historic site |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 401 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL |
| Coordinates | 41.88969, -87.62346 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 14 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Beach Picnic Shelters 28 mi · Chellberg Farm Picnic Shelters 33 mi · Dunbar Group Site 35 mi |
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Nearby in Cook County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000690. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.