Courthouse Place
Cook County Criminal Court Building | |
Chicago Landmark | |
Chicago, Illinois | |
| Coordinates | 41°53′24.59″N 87°37′48.6″W / 41.8901639°N 87.630167°W |
|---|---|
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | Otto H. Matz |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000281 [1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1984 |
| Designated CL | June 9, 1993 |
Courthouse Place, also known as the former Cook County Criminal Court Building, is a
Haymarket Affair).[5] The complex included, in addition to the successive courthouses, the cell blocks of the Cook County Jail, and a hanging gallows for prisoners sentenced to death. During the 1920s the attached jail (which was behind the courthouse but has since been demolished) housed almost twice its intended capacity of 1,200 inmates, and a shortage of court rooms led to a backlog of cases.[6]
For its first 35 years, the present Courthouse Place building housed the
Chicago Landmark on June 9, 1993.[4]
In 1929, the Criminal Courts left the 54 West Hubbard Street location as did the Cook County Jail, and the building was then occupied by the Chicago Board of Health and other city agencies. After poor alterations and years of neglect, the building was acquired by a private developer, Friedman Properties, Ltd in 1985. The property was restored and refurbished as "Courthouse Place," an office development later expanded to include the restoration of other surrounding historic buildings.
North Market Hall was previously erected at the site in 1851.[4][2][5]
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See also
- Chicago Landmark
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b 431 N Dearborn St - Google Maps (plaque on east wall of building). North-west corner of N Dearborn St and W Hubbard St: Google Street View. August 2019.
North Market Hall Erected A.D. 1851 / Criminal Court Building [Erected A.D.] 1872 / Taken Down And Rebuilt [A.D.] 1892
- ^ U.S. Department of the Interior. November 13, 1984. National Register Information System ID: 84000281, Asset IDs: 0a0dc5c4-8599-4d10-91c0-8a76957f35d8 and 1a1a2e8e-9ab2-4741-90c2-0984ea0a9a25. Archivedfrom the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Courthouse Place". Chicago Landmarks. City of Chicago.
- ^ a b "The Cook County Criminal Court and Jailhouse". Chicagology. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Cook County Jail's History". Cook County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ^ "What's That Building? The Old Cook County Court". WBEZ Chicago. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Courthouse Building in Chicago". Metromix. Chicago Tribune. 2007-07-22.[dead link]
