Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
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. The site of Point du Sable's home is now partially occupied by and commemorated in Pioneer Court at 401 N. Michigan Avenue in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
| Location | Pioneer Court, Chicago, IL |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°53′22.78″N 87°37′24.28″W |
| Area | about 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1779 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000690 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1976 |
| Designated NHL | May 11, 1976 |
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