Built by Colonel Dempsey Watts in 1799 and inherited by his son, Captain Samuel Watts, who lived here until his death in 1878. Here Chief Black Hawk, of the Black Hawk Indian War, was entertained in 1820, and Henry Clay in 1844.

Marker is at the intersection of 517 North Street and Dinwiddie Street, on the left when traveling east on 517 North Street.

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