Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite

	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 / 41.8896611°N 87.6234111°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

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.^[2] This home is generally considered to be the first permanent, non-native, residence in Chicago, Illinois.^[3] 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.^[4]

^ "Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. August 25, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
^ Swenson, John W (1999). "Jean Baptiste Point de Sable—The Founder of Modern Chicago". Early Chicago. Early Chicago, Inc. Archived from the original on January 16, 2005. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
^ "Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite". National Register of Historic Places Inventory. National Park Service. Retrieved September 6, 2010.