Stone roof ornament from pre-Chicago Fire Cook County Courthouse - Evanston, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn
N 42° 02.601 W 087° 40.393
16T E 444283 N 4654808
Brought to Evanston by Dr. Charles Quinlan, whose office was next to the courthouse. Eventually relocated to current site on grounds of the historic Charles Dawes House.
Waymark Code: WM6KY0
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member rogueblack
Views: 4

In 1835, at the northeast corner of Clark & Randolph Streets in Chicago, stood Chicago's first courthouse. Chicagoans demanded a far grander county courthouse and city hall as the city's population swelled over 30,000. The answer was a tall two-story building erected in 1853 from plans by John M. Van Osdel, Chicago's first architect. It stood in the center of the block bounded by Randolph, Clark, Washington, and LaSalle Streets, the site of all future Chicago city halls. It was the bell atop this building that sounded the alarm of the Great Fire of 1871, until the building itself was consumed. All county records from the inception of the city to that date were lost.

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