National Historic Landmark · house · Ellis Grove, Illinois

Pierre Menard House

Historic house in Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic Landmark Listed 1970

Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

The Pierre Menard House, located in Ellis Grove, Illinois, United States, was the home of Pierre Menard, a trader who became the first lieutenant governor of Illinois from 1818 to 1822.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

Register name	Menard, Pierre, House
Property type	Building
Address	Fort Kaskaskia State Park, Ellis Grove vicinity, IL
County	Randolph County
Listed	Apr 15, 1970
Listed for	Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Level of significance	National
Reference number	70000245
Type of place	house
Contributing resources	3 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Address	Fort Kaskaskia State Park, Ellis Grove, IL
Coordinates	37.9614° N, 89.9065° W · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unit	Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park · 8 miles · on Park Atlas

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

At a glance

State: Illinois
County: Randolph County
Listed: 1970
Type: Building
Landmark: Yes

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Official links

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Reference

Questions people ask

When was Pierre Menard House listed on the National Register?

Apr 15, 1970. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Pierre Menard House?

Fort Kaskaskia State Park, Ellis Grove vicinity, Randolph County, Illinois. The nearest national park unit is Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park, 8 miles away.

Source: Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park

What does the Pierre Menard House listing include?

The listing counts 3 contributing resources. Those are 3 buildings. A contributing resource is a part of the listed property that carries its historic significance.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Pierre Menard House?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Is there cell service at Pierre Menard House?

FCC coverage maps show AT&T 4G LTE at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

Sources

Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000245. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.