Kinzie Mansion plaque - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 53.369 W 087° 37.430
16T E 448246 N 4637693
Bronze plaque denoting the site of the home (Kinzie Mansion) of one of Chicago's first (white) inhabitants, John Kinzie.
Waymark Code: WM7YFZ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2009
Views: 8
Inscribed: "Kinzie Mansion - Near this site stood Kinzie Mansion 1784-1832, home of Pointe Du Saible, Le Mai, and John Kinzie. Chicago`s `First Civilian` - Here was born, in 1805, the city`s first white child, Ellen Marion Kinzie. - Erected by Chicago`s Charter Jubilee - Authenticated by Chicago Historical Society - 1937."
From www.earlychicago.com -
"Subsequent research has shown that some of the statements on the plaque are erroneous: Jean Baptiste Point de Sable built his house about 1782; he sold it to Jean Lalime and William Burnett, not to Le Mai; the structure was occupied by others through 1832; and Ellen Kinzie was born on Dec. 27, 1804, and not as the first white child"
County: Cook County
Historical Society: Chicago's Charter Jubilee, Chicago Historical Society
Dedication Date: 1937
Location: At 401 N. Michigan Avenue (Equitable Building Plaza) on the south side center pylon near the Chicago River railing
Website: [Web Link]
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