City Hall-County Building

Landmark Context

City Hall-County Building is fixed in the city's landmark record at 121 N LaSalle St / 118 N Clark St. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 1905-08 and credits Holabird and Roche. It was designated on January 21, 1982. City Hall-County Building can be read through public architecture, municipal service, and civic identity without losing sight of the actual site.

City Hall-County Building gains definition in the field when attention concentrates on formal entries, symbols, and public-facing rooms, how the building meets its block or civic setting, and later reuse, additions, or security changes. That kind of reading often reveals how a public building continues to shape civic memory even after its original service role changes.

Research Starting Points

City Hall-County Building becomes a stronger research subject once the record expands into city reports and planning records, permit files and photographs, and newspaper coverage and civic histories. That is where early landmark facts begin to connect to a fuller chronology of change, use, and interpretation.

City Hall-County Building can keep observation, source work, and interpretation attached to one building.