From Wikipedia.
The Old Courthouse of McHenry County, Illinois, was built in 1857 of an Italianate design to resemble that of the Cook County (Chicago) courthouse.
It was designed by John M. Van Osdel, the first licensed architect in Chicago. The adjoining structure, the Sheriff's House and Jail were built in 1887. McHenry County government was located there until 1973 when it moved north on Ill.-47. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Currently, it is empty, but at one time the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum was located in it. Chester, the creator of the comic strip Dick Tracy lived in Woodstock for fifty years.
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