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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop North Courthouse Place |
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architect |
Otto H. Matz |
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location |
54 W. Hubbard St. |
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date |
1893 |
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style |
Richardsonian Romanesque |
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construction |
Stone |
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type |
Government |
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This
Richardsonian Romanesque-style building, which housed the Cook County
Criminal Courts for 35 years, was the site of many legendary trials,
including the Leopold and Loeb murder case and the Black Sox Scandal.
Newspaperman Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur based much of their 1928
play, " The Front Page," on the daily events in this structure. A public
market hall once stood on the site. |
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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