Ingham County Courthouse: Difference between revisions
Clariosophic (talk | contribs) tweak Algiers Motel |
Clariosophic (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Michigan]] |
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Michigan]] |
||
[[Category:Michigan State Historic Sites in Ingham County]] |
|||
[[Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Michigan]] |
[[Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Michigan]] |
||
[[Category:County courthouses in Michigan]] |
[[Category:County courthouses in Michigan]] |
||
Revision as of 14:33, 26 December 2011
Ingham County Courthouse | |
 Ingham County Courthouse at night | |
  | |
| Location | 341 S. Jefferson St at E. Ash, E. Maple & S.Barnes Sts., Mason, Michigan |
|---|---|
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architect | Edwyn A. Bowd; builder: Geo. W. Rickman & Sons Co. |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000397[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 13, 1971 |
The Ingham County Courthouse is an historic government building located at 341 South Jefferson Street in Mason, Ingham County, Michigan. It occupies an entire city block bounded by South Jefferson, East Ashe, South Barnes and East Mason street.[2] Constructed from 1902 to 1904, it is Ingham County's third courthouse and the second on this block, which is directly north of the site of the first courthouse. Designed by noted Lansing architect Edwyn A. Bowd in the Beaux Arts style of architecture, it was built by George W. Rickman and Sons Company of Kalamazoo.[3][4]
The Ingham County Courthouse was listed on the Michigan Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1971 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1971.[5][1]
Today building is still used as the Ingham County Courthouse, although much of its original functions are conducted at the Veterans Memorial Courthouse at 313 West Kalamazoo Street and at other locations in Lansing, the county's largest city as well as the capital of Michigan.[6]
In the news
Famous trials, real or fictional, which have taken place here include:
- 1969: The notorious Algiers Motel Murder Trial of a Detroit police officer was moved to the Ingham County Courthouse from Wayne County because of adverse publicity from John Hersey's 1968 book The Algiers Motel Incident.[7][8]
- 2011: The courthouse scenes of the film Real Steel starring Hugh Jackman were taken at the Ingham County Courthouse.[9]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mapquest maps
- ^ Michigan State Historic Preservation Office listing for Ingham County Courthouse
- ^ [Walking Tour of the Historic Ingham County Courthouse
- ^ Michigan State Historic Preservation Office listing for Ingham County Courthouse
- ^ Ingham County website: Locations
- ^ Google News: Sarasota Journal, May 13, 1969 accessed Dec. 25, 2011]
- ^ Google Books, Sugrue, Thomas J., "John Hersey and the Tragedy of Race," introduction to John Hersey, The Algiers Motel Incident, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998
- ^ Hinds, Julie (October 1, 2011). "Michigan locations in 'Real Steel'". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
{{cite news}}:|archive-url=is malformed: liveweb (help); Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)
External links
- Ingham County official website
- Ingham County Courthouse on flickr: contains much better photos of it
| Topics | |
|---|---|
| Lists by state |
|
| Lists by insular areas | |
| Lists by associated state | |
| Other areas | |
| Related | |
  | This article about a property in Michigan on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |