Courthouse Place

Courthouse Place
Cook County Criminal Court Building
Chicago Landmark
The south (front) and east side of the building. Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey.
Location: 54 West Hubbard Street, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates: 41°53′24.59″N 87°37′48.6″W / 41.8901639°N 87.630167°W / 41.8901639; -87.630167Coordinates: 41°53′24.59″N 87°37′48.6″W / 41.8901639°N 87.630167°W / 41.8901639; -87.630167
Built: 1892
Architect: Otto H. Matz
Architectural style: Romanesque
Governing body: Private/Friedman Properties
NRHP Reference#: 84000281 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: November 13, 1984
Designated CL: June 9, 1993

Courthouse Place, also known as the Cook County Criminal Court Building, is a Richardsonian Romanesque-style building at 54 West Hubbard Street in the Near North Side of Chicago. Designed by architect Otto H. Matz and completed in 1893, the build stands on the prior location of a public market. The structure housed the Cook County Criminal Courts for 35 years, and 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. Other authors of the Chicago’s 1920s literary renaissance that used the fourth floor pressroom include Carl Sandburg, Sherwood Anderson, and Vincent Starrett.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1984 and later designated a Chicago Landmark on June 9, 1993.[3]

In 1929, the Criminal Courts left the 54 West Hubbard Street location, and the building was then occupied by the Chicago Board of Health and other city agencies. After poor alterations and years of neglect, the building was acquired by Friedman Properties, Ltd in 1985. The property was restored and refurbished as “Courthouse Place,” an office development later expanded to include the restoration of other surrounding historic buildings.

One of the principal tenants of the building today is the law firm Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott.

This is also the new headquarters for the Chicago Alternative Energy company "Revolution Environmental" and advertising agencies LKH&S and Colman Brohan Davis.

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