page_title: Wigwam (Chicago)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Wigwam (Chicago) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Sauganash Hotel, Chicago's first Hotel site of later Wigwam, as seen between 1830 and 1833.
context_page_description: The Wigwam was a convention center and meeting hall that served as the site of the 1860 Republican National Convention. It was located in Chicago, Illinois at Lake Street and Market near the Chicago River. This site had previously been the site of the Sauganash Hotel, Chicago's first hotel. This is where supporters ushered Abraham Lincoln to the party nomination and the eventual U.S. Presidency. The location at Lake and Wacker was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002. The name "Wigwam", although separate structures, was later associated with host locations for both the 1864 Democratic National Convention and the 1892 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
caption: Sauganash Hotel
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