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
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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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. |
Particulars for Cook County Jail Complex: | |
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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 |
Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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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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