The Sibley House in Mendota was built in 1836 by Henry H. Sibley, who became first governor of the State of Minnesota. From 1910 until 1996, the Sibley House Association owned and preserved it.

"In May of 1997, the Minnesota State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution turned the ownership of the Sibley Historic Site to the state of Minnesota and the mangement to the Minnesota Historical Society. The house stand today in the beauty of it's continued restoration, a reminder of the generous and elegant hospitality bestowed upon friend and stranger by General Sibley, a pioneer and leading citizen of early Minnesota."

The Sibley House is supported by the Friends of the Sibley Historic Site.

Excerpts from "The Sibley Historic Site"
Published 1995 by Sibley House Association / MNSSDAR.