The Brouillet House - Vincenes Historic District - Vincennes, IN - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

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

Text from the nomination form: 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.

Marker on site:
Erected in 1995
Marker erected by: Indiana Historical Bureau and Old Northwest Corporation
Marker text:

OLD FRENCH HOUSE 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.

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Vincennes Historic District Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link] Address: 509 N. 1st St., Vincennes, IN 45271 How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below) Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link] NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed

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