Grundy_County_Courthouse_(7395451684).jpg
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Description Grundy County Courthouse (7395451684).jpg |
English:
Front of the
Grundy County Courthouse
, located on the square bounded by Washington, Franklin, Illinois, and Liberty Streets in
Morris
,
Illinois
,
United States
. Built in 1913, it is a part of the
Morris Downtown Commercial Historic District
, a
historic district
that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
. Morris was selected as the Grundy County seat in 1841; the town was named after Isaac N. Morris, the president of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. This structure, the third county courthouse, was built in 1913. The granite structure in front is the Soldiers and Sailors Monument by Lorado Taft. Grundy County was founded in 1841, split off of
LaSalle County
. It was named for Felix Grundy, the Attorney General of the United States who died a few months earlier.
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Author | Teemu08 | ||
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