Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1910 — CHICAGO'S NEW CITY HALL AND COUNTY BUILDING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHICAGO'S NEW CITY HALL AND COUNTY BUILDING.

The mammoth building that will house Chicago city and Cook county (Ill.) officials for years to come is now nearing completion. The handsome lines of Corinthian columns and the general mass of the granite structure can now be appreciated in all their beauty. The outlines are severely classical, although the cost was not more than what would be paid for an ordinary office building of similar proportions. When the city hall side is finished Chicago will have one of the handsomest and most modern municipal buildings in the world. The entire structure will inclose a space of 32,000,000 cubic feet and there will be 95,000 square feet of office space on each floor. The problem was to produce a building of monumental order, with all modern conveniences of light, sanitation, ventilation and comfort. This, it is said, has been achieved. . ■