Front facade of the Henry Sibley House (1357 Sibley Memorial Highway, Mendota). Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, July 16, 2013. CC BY-SA 4.0
Established by fur trader and politician Henry Hastings Sibley, the Sibley Historic Site was a regional headquarters of the American Fur Company between 1836 and 1842. It sits on a bluff on the south side of the Minnesota river, just east of Historic Fort Snelling, and is a symbol of the thriving fur trade in nineteenth-century Minnesota. Today, the site contains several original buildings and operates as a museum that offers public tours.
Henry Sibley House and cold store building, 1357 Sibley Memorial Highway, Mendota. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, August 11, 2017. CC BY-SA 4.0
The exterior of the kitchen at the Henry Sibley House (1357 Sibley Memorial Highway, Mendota). Photograph by William Wesen, October 1, 2006. Public domain.