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Cook County Jail Complex

  • Also Known As: Cook County Criminal Court House
  • Also Known As: Cook County Department of Corrections

  • Address: 2700 S California Ave
  • Vicinity: W 26th St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1929/00/00 Hall, Laurence and Ratcliffe Architect Cook County Criminal Court House, also known as "26th and cal", opens at 2602 S California Ave in Chicago, IL.
1931/10/24 Al Capone Convict Al Capone signs in at Cook County Jail: weight as 255lbs, height 5ft 11ins, descent as Italian, religion Catholic, education 8th grade. Capone is held in Division I (lost) which once housed the state's original electric chair. Downfall of Alphonse Capone
1966/05/03 Comedian Dick Gregory is fined $1,500 and sentenced to five months in the Cook County jail on charges related to a 1965 disturbance in Grant Park.

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Particulars for Cook County Jail Complex:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Courthouse
Category for Historic Use Government
Historic Use Government Office
Area of Significance Law, Legal System
Area of Significance Politics-government



Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Native Son (book) Book Richard Wright Bigger lay one sunless gray morning on his cot, staring vacantly at the black steel bars of the Cook County Jail.

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