[2] Chief Andrew Blackbird was an Odawa (Ottawa) tribe leader, historian, and proponent of Indian civil rights.

[4] When he was appointed postmaster, the house doubled as the post office, and residents picked up their mail in the Blackbird kitchen.

As the town grew and the salary of the postmaster increased, new residents disliked the arrangement, and in 1873 petitioned to have Blackbird removed.

[2] The Chief Andrew Blackbird House is constructed in two connected parts, both 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame buildings clad with white-painted wooden clapboard siding.

The original 1860 section has a porch extending across the front, the entry door opens into the kitchen.