Seventh Circuit History
[See also:- History of the Federal Judiciary: https://www.fjc.gov/history/courts/u.s.-court-appeals-seventh-circuit
- Library of the U.S. Courts of the Seventh Circuit: http://www.lb7.uscourts.gov/bios.html
- Judges' Biographies
1860
- 1871 The U.S. Post Office & Custom House and the first Federal Courthouse was located at the N.W. corner of Monroe Street and Dearborn Street. The Chicago Fire gutted the building but the walls of the courthouse refused to fall. Nonetheless, the entire interior, along with most of the records and files were completely destroyed. |
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1880 - 1894 The
Federal Courthouse was housed in the building sitting on one square block
bounded by Clark, Adams and Dearborn Streets and Jackson Boulevard. |
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1894 - 1905
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1905
- 1938 The U.S. Courthouse, designed by architect Henry Ives Cobb, who also designed the Newberry Library, was renowned for its corona-topped dome. Congress mandated that the building fill the entire site to the lot lines. A hidden image of the face of Uncle Sam could be seen from the northwest corner of Adams and Dearborn Streets, looking southwest, at a certain time in the afternoon on a bright, sunny day. |
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1938 - 1965
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1965 - Present
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