I keep coming across pictures of the various courthouse buildings that Chicago has had. It is time to start capturing them. And this posting had interesting information about the foundation failure.
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| Ed Raff posted Chicago 1900 Eric Mathiasen: This was torn down because we outgrew it, and because it had structural issues - it was literally sinking into the mud, with the heavy exterior walls sinking faster than the center. Shahrdad Khodamoradi: The old building was only 2/3 as tall as the current building, and the interior spaces left much to be desired. The winner of the competition was a beautiful building with a dome, but James Egan was given the commission to design the 1875 City Hall. Even worse, the building had a floating raft foundation which quickly sank more than ten inches into the soft soil of Chicago, rupturing water and sewer and gas lines, which led to an explosion. Interestingly, the winner of the competition for the current building were Barnett, Haynes, and Barnett of St. Louis, but the commission went to third place Holabird and Roche. All the submitted designs were actually quite similar. |
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| D Clark Oest posted Shahrdad Khodamoradi: This is the City Hall and County Building that was opened in 1885. James Egan was the architect. The interiors proved to be dark and drafty, and the building settled 6 or more inches into the ground, rupturing gas and water and sewer lines, causing an explosion. It was replaced by the current City Hall/County Building. |
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| Original Chicago posted This could be the oldest photograph ever captured in Chicago. Alexander Hesler's Daguerreotype image of the Cook County court house and City hall, taken in 1855, is quite remarkable. Chicago History Museum Dan Crespo: I believe this might be 1865 and the line of people are there to view the body of Abraham Lincoln. But don’t quote me on that. Jen Jen: I watched a video that mentioned this building and the city halls that came after. Why Chicago Demolished City Hall from the youtube channel, It's History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYcdtk8CRRg Sharon M Iles: In 1855 it would’ve been an extremely long exposure, so those people around the base of the building would have been very blurred — all of them. This looks more like a painting  or lithograph that has been photographed |
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| J.J. Sedelmaier adjusted the exposure |
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| Tabitha White Sox posted Downtown Chicago from above (1930) Photo from Calumet412 Thomas Leaton: Also visible is the dome of the old federal courthouse. Across the street was the Atlantic Hotel, then named the KaiserHof. |
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