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Old McHenry County Courthouse
The Old McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock, Illinois.Location: Woodstock, IL, McHenry County, Illinois, USA Coordinates: 42°18′53.57″N 88°26′53.61″W / 42.3148806°N 88.448225°WCoordinates: 42°18′53.57″N 88°26′53.61″W / 42.3148806°N 88.448225°W Built: 1857 Architect: J.M. Van Osdel Architectural style: Italianate Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 74002183 [1] Added to NRHP: November 1, 1974 The Old McHenry County Courthouse, in McHenry County, Illinois, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1974. Once the courthouse in the county seat of McHenry County, Woodstock, today the courthouse is occupied by various private tenants including a restaurant and an art gallery. It is one of the key structures in the Woodstock Square Historic District.
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History
The 1857 Italianate Old Courthouse was constructed to closely resemble the 1853 Cook County Courthouse (which was eventually destroyed during the Great Chicago Fire). The adjoining structure, the Sheriff's House and Jail was built in 1887. It was there, in the Sheriff's House and Jail that Eugene Debs was held for his refusal to comply with an injunction during the Pullman Strike. Until the early 1970s McHenry County government office were located in the Old Courthouse. Today the two buildings house two restaurants, one in each building, and art gallery (in the courthouse), a pottery shop (in the jail building) and the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum.
Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum
Chester Gould, creator of Dick Tracy comic strips, was a 50-year Woodstock resident.[2] The Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum features original comic strips and Dick Tracy memorabilia and collectibles including artifacts related to the character's depiction in radio, television and film.
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Visitor's Guide to Historic Woodstock Square, (PDF), City of Woodstock, Tourism, Visitor's Guide, Retrieved January 13, 2007.
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old McHenry County Courthouse. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
Municipalities and communities of McHenry County, Illinois Cities Crystal Lake | Harvard | Marengo | McHenry | Woodstock
Villages Algonquin‡ | Barrington Hills‡ | Bull Valley | Cary | Fox Lake‡ | Fox River Grove‡ | Greenwood | Hebron | Holiday Hills | Huntley‡ | Island Lake‡ | Johnsburg | Lake in the Hills | Lakemoor‡ | Lakewood | McCullom Lake | Oakwood Hills | Port Barrington‡ | Prairie Grove | Richmond | Ringwood | Spring Grove | Trout Valley | Union | Wonder Lake
Townships Unincorporated
communitiesAlden | Big Foot Prairie‡ | Burtons Bridge | Chemung | Coral | Franklinville | Harmony | Hartland | Lawrence | Palm Beach | Pistakee Highlands | Ridgefield | Riley | Silver Lake | Solon Mills
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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- Former courthouses in Illinois
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