Tazewell County Courthouse | |
Location | Court St. between Capitol and Fourth Sts., Pekin, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 40°34′9″N 89°38′52″W / 40.56917°N 89.64778°W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | Deal & Ginzel |
Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
NRHP reference No. | 85002837[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 14, 1985 |
The Tazewell County Courthouse, located on Court Street in Pekin, is the county courthouse serving Tazewell County, Illinois.
The courthouse was built in 1914 to provide a larger space for county government, which had outgrown the previous courthouse built in 1849 and had begun to spread across multiple buildings.[2] Lincoln, Illinois architects Deal & Ginzel designed the courthouse; the pair was also responsible for two other county courthouse designs in Illinois, in Moultrie County and Logan County. The firm designed the courthouse in the Beaux-Arts style; their design features an arched entrance and windows on the first floor, pavilions with Tuscan columns on the upper two stories, and an entablature and balustrade along the roof.[3]
The cornerstone was built with a copper box made by local sheet-metal workers, Jaeckel & Sons, to preserve many local historical souvenirs.[2]
The Tazewell County Courthouse was dedicated on June 21, 1916.[2] Public speeches were given by William J. Calhoun, James McMahon Graham, and J. Hamilton Lewis.[2]
The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1985.[1]