The Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is the location where, in the 1780s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable located his home and trading post. This home is generally considered to be the first permanent, non Native, residence in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois. The site of Point du Sable's home is now partially occupied by and commemorated in Pioneer Court

Pioneer Court

Pioneer Court is a plaza located near the junction of the Chicago River and Upper Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Magnificent Mile. It is believed to be the site of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable's original residence and trading post. In 1965, the plaza was built on the former site of his homestead as...

 at 401 N. Michigan Avenue

Michigan Avenue (Chicago)

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 in the Near North Side

Near North Side, Chicago

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 community area

Community areas of Chicago

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 of Chicago, Illinois.

Following Point du Sable's departure from Chicago in 1800, the home became the property of John Kinzie

John Kinzie

John Kinzie was one of Chicago's first permanent European settlers. Kinzie Street in Chicago is named after him.-Early life:...

. In 1834 the land owned by Kinzie was plat

Plat

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ted and sold. The "Kinzie addition" to Chicago, which is assumed to be coterminous with Point du Sable's estate extended from the banks of the Chicago River

Chicago River

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 north to Chicago Avenue, and from State Street east to Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan

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.

This location was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 and listed as a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

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on May 11, 1976.