National Historic Landmark · house · Ellis Grove, Illinois

Menard, Pierre, House

Historic house in Illinois, United States in Ellis Grove, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Pierre Menard House

The Pierre Menard House, located in Ellis Grove, Illinois, United States, was the home of Pierre Menard, a trader who became the first lieutenant governor of Illinois from 1818 to 1822.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressFort Kaskaskia State Park, Ellis Grove vicinity, IL
CountyRandolph County
ListedApr 15, 1970
Reference number70000245
Type of placehouse
Contributing resources3 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
AddressFort Kaskaskia State Park, Ellis Grove, IL
Coordinates37.96142, -89.90650 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitSte. Geneviève National Historical Park · 8 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000245. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.