Henry Hastings Sibley House, Mendota, Minnesota
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Sibley House Historic Site | |
| Address: | 1357 Sibley Memorial Highway |
| City/locality- State/province | Mendota, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: | Dakota County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year built: | 1836 |
| Primary Style: | Federalist |
| Secondary Style: | Greek Revival |
| Historic Function: | House/single dwelling or duplex |
| Current Function: | Museum |
| Material of Exterior Wall Covering: | Limestone |
| First Owner: | Henry Hastings Sibley |
(44.887524° N, 93.164007° WLatitude: 44°53′15.086″N
Longitude: 93°9′50.425″W)
| National Register of Historic Places Information | |
| Reference URL: | [Reference] |
| Certification date: | 1972/01/20 |
| Level of significance: | State |
| Primary Style: | Federal |
| Secondary Style: | Greek Revival |
Among the earliest, permanent Euro-American structures in the region, the home of American Fur Company Agent, Henry Hastings Sibley, was an important commercial and cultural center in early 19th Century Minnesota. Strategically located near the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, across from Fort Snelling, Sibley's home was an important meeting place for fur traders, Indians and soldiers. This activity encouraged other traders, notably Jean Baptist Faribault, to build nearby. Catholic missionaries soon built a church in the area and the village of Mendota gradually formed around the site. Sibley and his wife, Sarah Steele Sibley, continued to have a prominent social and political role in Minnesota, even as the fur trade wained and the growing city of St.Paul eclipsed Mendota in commericial importance. Their Mendota home continued to be a social center, even serving as the Governor's mansion and offices when Henry Sibley was elected to that office in 1858.
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