Sibley Historic Site
The Sibley Historic Site is the site of Henry Hastings Sibley's home, who was the regional manager of the American Fur Company and Minnesota's first governor.Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Mendota, Minnesota, USA
- Also known as: “Henry H. Sibley House” and “Sibley House Historic Site”
- Address: 1357 Sibley Memorial Highway, Mendota, MN 55150
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pike Island and Fort Snelling.
Pike Island
Island
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.
Pike Island is an island at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers in the southwestern-most part of Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Fort Snelling
Protected area
Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Fort Snelling is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Sibley Historic Site.
Mendota Bridge
Bridge
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mendota Bridge, in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highway 55 and MN 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights. Mendota Bridge is situated 3,000 feet west of Sibley Historic Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mendota and Bdóte.
Mendota
Village
Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.
Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is a mispronunciation of the Dakota word for the location, bdóte, which in Dakota tradition is the center of the world.
Bdóte
Locality
Bdóte is a significant Dakota sacred landscape where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers meet, encompassing Pike Island, Fort Snelling, Coldwater Spring, Indian Mounds Park, and surrounding areas in present-day Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
Mendota Heights
Town
Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0.
Mendota Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It is a first-ring southern suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 11,744 at the 2020 census.
Sibley Historic Site
- Categories: house, heritage site, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.88789° or 44° 53′ 16″ northLongitude
-93.16594° or 93° 9′ 57″ westLevels
2Open location code
86P8VRQM+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 343906550OpenStreetMap feature
building=detachedOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledWikidata ID
Q7507187
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In Other Languages
“Sibley Historic Site” goes by many names.
- French: “Sibley House Historic Site”
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