The Sauganash Hotel was built
in 1831 on what is now the south
east corner of Lake Street and
Wacker Drive. It was Chicago's
first hotel and it soon became the
social center of town.
In 1833, prominent local citizens
met in the Sauganash . . . — — Map (db m183335) HM
On this site stood the Sauganash Hotel, built in 1831 by pioneer Mark Beaubien, which was location of the frontier towns first village board election in 1833. The Wigwam, an assembly hall built in 1860 (destroyed c. 1867) on the site of the hotel, . . . — — Map (db m47725) HM