Old French House
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YoSam.
N 38° 41.004 W 087° 31.668
16S E 454093 N 4281776
Typical "posts-on-sill" house of the French settlers.
Waymark Code: WM3A2B
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2008
Views: 21
Marker Erected by: Indiana Historical Bureau and Old Northwest Corporation.
Marker Location: N. 1st St., N. of Seminary St., 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.
County: Knox.
Year Placed: 1995.
Name: Old French House
ID#: 42.1995.1
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