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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop South City Hall-County Building |
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architect |
Holabird & Roche |
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location |
121 N. LaSalle St./118 N. Clark St. |
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date |
1905-08 and 1909-11 |
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style |
Beaux-Arts |
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construction |
terracotta clad |
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type |
Government |
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| Since 1853, the governments of Chicago and Cook County have shared three different buildings on this site. The monumental, Classical Revival-style exterior of the present structure, which was designed to be a functional and efficient office building, symbolizes the strength, dignity, and vigor of the governmental functions it contains. The County Building was completed in 1908; City Hall was finished in 1911. | |
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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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