Carroll County Courthouse (Illinois)

	Carroll County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Courthouse Sq., Mount Carroll, Illinois
Coordinates	42°6′2″N 89°58′42″W / 42.10056°N 89.97833°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1858
Architect	Glasted & Michelson
NRHP reference No.	73000692
Added to NRHP	November 26, 1973

The Carroll County Courthouse, located in Courthouse Square in Mount Carroll, is the county courthouse of Carroll County, Illinois. The courthouse, which was designed by Chicago architects Glasted & Michelson, was built in 1858 and has been used continuously since. During the Civil War, the courthouse also served as a barracks for the county's troops prior to their commissioning. The Lorado Taft Monument, a memorial to the county's Civil War veterans, was added to the site in 1891.^[2] According to Ripley's Believe It or Not, the monument is the only Civil War memorial with an annex, which was added to fit names which had been left off the original memorial.^[3]^[4]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1973.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Volkmann, Carl (April 17, 2012). "Carroll County Civil War Soldiers And Sailors Monument". Lorado Taft: The Prairie State Sculptor. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
^ Derrer, Mrs. Lee W. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Carroll County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
^ Puhala, Bob (2007). Illinois Off the Beaten Path. Globe Pequot Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780762744138.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Volkmann, Carl (April 17, 2012). "Carroll County Civil War Soldiers And Sailors Monument". Lorado Taft: The Prairie State Sculptor. Retrieved October 3, 2013.

[3] Derrer, Mrs. Lee W. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Carroll County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 3, 2013.

[4] Puhala, Bob (2007). Illinois Off the Beaten Path. Globe Pequot Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780762744138.

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