Clarke-Ford House — Attraction in Chicago

Located in the beautiful Chicago Women's Park and Gardens, the Clarke House is the oldest house in Chicago, built I think in 1830's it is an example of the type of homes that those who were well off could afford to build. Almost all of the furniture has been replaced with period pieces from other houses, but it still paint a really good picture as to what the place might have looked like back in the day. It is very interesting to see the different scale on the inside since people were simply smaller over a hundred years ago. The docent (teacher tour guide) was amazing and explaining the architecture and what they were hoping to achieve with the use of space.

The best part was that if you go on certain days, the tour is free and is paired with another AMAZING tour if the...

Chicago’s first permanent resident was a trader named Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a free black man apparently from Haiti, who came here in the late 1770s. In 1795, the U.S. government built Fort Dearborn at what is now the corner of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive (look for the bronze markers in the pavement). It was burned to the ground by Native Americans in 1812, rebuilt and...

The museum is wonderful... Got to know a lot about the history with interesting facts. Tour guide was unable to make it, we were handed in headphones so we could have self paced tour. We 2 rooms well marked so we could relate the audio and rooms well. The upstairs rooms did not have markings and would talk the language of North East room etc, which was little confusing.. over all...