{"nrhp_refnum":"89002350","name":"Martin, Pierre, House","other_names":["Boismenue House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"First St. at Old Rt. 3","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Dupo","county":"St. Clair County","state":"IL","lat":38.54755262800006,"lon":-90.19806639999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story French Creole log house with a stone basement kitchen, later enlarged to two stories, at First Street and Old Route 3 in North Dupo (historic Prairie du Pont), St. Clair County, Illinois. It was built in the late 18th century by or for Pierre Martin.","why_significant":"The house retains much of its original French Creole 'poteaux sur solle' (post on sill) frame, including an intact limestone basement, hewn walnut sills and uprights, and stone nogging. Its lots also hold archaeological deposits from late 18th to mid-19th century domestic life, which could show how French household lots were used as the area passed from French to British to American control. Unlike the other sites studied near Cahokia, it represents an ordinary dwelling.","narrative":"This is a French Creole house in North Dupo, Illinois, once part of the village of Prairie du Pont, a subordinate settlement of Cahokia. Its original one-story frame is built of vertical hewn walnut logs set on sills, with limestone nogging between the posts, and it sits above a high-quality limestone basement kitchen with a fireplace. A 1913 modernization added a second story and removed the roof and rear gallery, but about 80 percent of the early framing survives, along with clues to former galleries and a garret stair. Pierre Martin appears in an official 1790 census as head of a family at Prairie du Pont and later held confirmed village and commonfield lots. Excavations on the lots have produced creamware, pearlware, pipes, gun parts and beads, and further deposits such as wells, privies and outbuildings may remain. Together the structure and the site document everyday French domestic life in the Mississippi valley.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial / French Colonial (transitional French Creole)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Work in progress; later additions have been removed, and the 1913 second story temporarily protects the original single-story frame.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.792487-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/8941/28894134/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/89002350.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002350/e3240ab8a6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002350/e3240ab8a6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_Martin_House_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_Martin_House_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894134","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Martin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6774824"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/st-clair-county/martin-pierre-house-89002350/"}