Chicago Federal Building, Federal building in The Loop, Chicago, United States.
The granite structure rose 297 feet tall with a glass-tiled dome and featured extensive exterior walls spanning 500,000 square feet of Maine granite.
Construction began in 1898 after Congress approved 4 million dollars to replace an inadequate 1880 federal facility that served Chicago's growing population.
The building housed federal courts where Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis presided over Standard Oil antitrust cases and Judge Wilkerson conducted Al Capone's trial.
The facility distributed federal services across multiple floors, with post offices occupying lower levels and courts operating on the sixth through eighth floors.
President William McKinley dedicated the building on October 9, 1899, exactly 28 years after the Great Chicago Fire occurred.
Location: Chicago
Inception: 1905
Architects: Henry Ives Cobb
Architectural style: Beaux-Arts
GPS coordinates: 41.87919,-87.62909
Latest update: March 15, 2025 01:58
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