Wolf Point Tavern

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James Kinzie, the son of early settler John Kinzie, built a tavern on the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point in 1828. By 1829 this tavern was operated for Kinzie by Archibald Caldwell who was granted a liquor license on December 8, 1829.

Caldwell left Chicago early in 1830 and Elijah Wentworth became the landlord of the tavern. He was in turn succeeded by Charles A. Taylor (1831–1833) and William Walters (1833–1836).

The tavern became known as the Wolf Point Tavern or Wolf Tavern and a painted sign of a wolf was hung outside the tavern by approximately 1833.