page_title: Joseph Bailly Homestead
section_title: Brick House
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Bailly Homestead / Brick House
caption_attribution_description: English: Brick House on the Bailly Homestead, Porter, Indiana
context_page_description: The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
  The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana. The Homestead was the home of Joseph Aubert de Gaspé Bailly de Messein, a fur trader, and his family. Bailly brought his family to the southern shore of Lake Michigan in 1822. The Homestead remained in the family until the death of his granddaughter, Frances Howe, in 1917. The Homestead is sometimes referred to as the "Bailly-Howe" Home.
  The National Register properties consist of five historic buildings and a cemetery associated with the Bailly-Howe family and the late fur trade in northwestern Indiana. The Homestead was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962. The National Park Service acquired the Homestead on November 26, 1971. As a Landmark, it is in the First Order of Significance.
  The main house is a 2 and half story house begun in 1834.
context_section_description: To the southwest of the main house is the brick house.  It was built in 1874 by Miss Rose Howe after her return from Europe.  Miss Howe died in 1879, dating the construction 3–4 years earlier.  The second floor was a studio and the ground floor was used as the kitchen.
caption: Bailly Brickhouse on the southwest edge of the Homestead.
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