Sauganash Hotel

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Wikipedia page about the Sauganash Hotel, Chicago's first hotel

Sauganash Hotel (originally Eagle Exchange Tavern) is a former hotel; regarded as the first hotel in Chicago. It was located at Wolf Point in the present day community area Loop at the intersection of the north, south and main branches of the Chicago River. The location at Lake Street and Wacker Drive (formerly Market Street) was designated a Chicago Landmark on Wednesday, November 6, 2002. The hotel changed proprietors often in its twenty-year existence and briefly served as Chicago's first theater. It was named after Billy Caldwell.