Livingston County Courthouse (Illinois)
| Livingston County Courthouse | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 The Livingston County Courthouse in Pontiac |
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| location | Pontiac , Livingston County , Illinois | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 52 '47 " N , 88 ° 37' 45" W | ||
| Built | 1874-1875 | ||
| architect | John C. Cochrane | ||
| Architectural style | Second Empire | ||
| NRHP number | 86003165 | ||
| The NRHP added | 1986 | ||
The Livingston County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP # 86003165, is a historic building and primary legal center for Livingston County in Pontiac , Illinois , where the county seat is located.
history
The current Livingston County Courthouse is the third building to bear this name. Construction of the present courthouse began in late 1874 and was completed at the end of the following year. The building was created after the previous building had been destroyed in a fire on July 4, 1874. The plan for the new building was selected from ten proposals submitted. In making the selection, the County Board of Supervisors determined that the selected project, while costing more money, was the only one that would serve the purpose in terms of size, fire safety, and durability, and indeed any other in terms of taste and elegance far exceeded . However, in 1915, the author of The County Archives of the State of Illinois ruled that the building was barely fire-proof .
architecture
John C. Cochrane, a Chicago architect, designed the Livingston County Courthouse in the style of the Second Empire . The building is symmetrical and rectangular. It's two stories high and there is a tower at each of the four corners. A central clock tower was added in 1892. The architecture of the building makes use of corner stones and cornices . The mansard roof is covered with patterned roof tiles. The height from the foundation to the eaves is around 17 m, the bell tower sits at a height of 21 m.
Historical meaning
The Livingston County Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1986 , as it met the criteria for registration for importance to politics and administration as well as by its architecture. The building has been the seat of the court administration in Livingston County since 1875 and it is considered an outstanding local example of the architectural style of the Second Empire.
Individual evidence
- ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ↑ a b c d e f Jo Ann Morris: Livingston County Courthouse National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form ( English , PDF) In: HAARGIS Database . Illinois Historic Preservation Agency . July 21, 1986. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
- ^ Theodore Calvin Pease: Livingston County . In: The County Archives of the State of Illinois . Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Ill. 1915, p. 383 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Livingston County Courthouse on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 11, 2017.
Web links
- 11th Judicial Circuit of Illinois , official website of the court