Old French House & Indian Museum - Vincennes, IN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 41.004 W 087° 31.668
16S E 454093 N 4281776
"...and a rare enclosed bed in the front bedroom that has the date 1759 carved on its doors." ~ Discover Own Town
Waymark Code: WM107M0
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2019
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County of building: Knox County
Location of structure: 508 N. 1st St., Vincennes
Built: c. 1790
Listed as number 1 structure in the district nomination form
Phone: 812-882-7886 or 800-886-6443
Marker Erected by: Indiana Historical Bureau and Old Northwest Corporation
Marker Erected: 1995
"The Old French House is an excellent example of French Creole architecture. Home of Michael Brouillet, built in 1809, and furnished much as it would have been in that period. The Old French House is operated by the Vincennes State Historic Sites." _ Historic Vincennes
Marker Text:
Home of French fur trader Michel Brouillet (1774-1838). French Creole cottage (built circa 1806) is typical of "posts-on-sill" construction technique used by French settlers in Mississippi Valley during eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Restoration 1974-1976. Located within Vincennes Historic District.
"The Brouillet House, 509 N. First Street (c. 1790): A French Canadian Colonial House with vertical hewn logs with bousillage between "poteaux sur sol", approximately 35' x 25'. Original four room house has had a lean-to added to rear. The exterior has been covered with clapboard and it was remodeled before the turn of the century." ~ NRHP Nomination Form