List
Thirty-eight courthouses in the state either are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or are located within Register-listed historic districts; [1] these are marked with a †dagger or ‡double dagger respectively, or with both if applicable.
| Courthouse | Image | Location | Year Built | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams |  | Quincy 39°56′6″N91°24′28″W / 39.93500°N 91.40778°W | 1950 [2] : 15 | Built to replace a former courthouse destroyed by a tornado [2] : 15 |
| Alexander |  | Cairo 37°0′20″N89°10′34″W / 37.00556°N 89.17611°W | 1965 [3] | Modernist building from the 1960s; [2] : 16 one of two extant courthouses in Cairo, along with the Old Customhouse. [4] Previous courthouse in Thebes is still standing [5] |
| Bond |  | Greenville 38°53′33″N89°24′46″W / 38.89250°N 89.41278°W | 1884 [2] : 19 | Bond County's fourth courthouse [6] |
| Boone |  | Belvidere 42°15′54″N88°50′42″W / 42.26500°N 88.84500°W | 1855 [2] : 20 | Second-oldest Illinois courthouse in continuous use; [2] : 20 a cluster of three buildings combined into one [7] |
| Brown‡ |  | Mount Sterling 39°59′12″N90°45′51″W / 39.98667°N 90.76417°W | 1868 [2] : 21 | Neoclassical structure, almost completely destroyed by fire in 1939; [2] : 21 restored post-fire with modifications [8] |
| Bureau‡ |  | Princeton 41°22′5″N89°27′57″W / 41.36806°N 89.46583°W | 1936 [2] : 22 | Art Deco structure built by the WPA; [2] : 22 functionally unchanged from original state [9] |
| Calhoun |  | Hardin 39°9′25″N90°37′6″W / 39.15694°N 90.61833°W | 1848 [2] : 23 | Expanded in 1978; [2] : 23 built under direction of contractor William D. Hamilton [10] |
| Carroll†‡ |  | Mount Carroll 42°6′3″N89°58′42″W / 42.10083°N 89.97833°W | 1858 [2] : 24 | Neoclassical structure; [2] : 24 used continuously since 1856, at which time it was incomplete [11] |
| Cass |  | Virginia 39°57′2″N90°12′38″W / 39.95056°N 90.21056°W | 1875 [2] : 25 | Second courthouse in Virginia; [2] : 25 substantially modified, [12] including several expansions [2] : 25 Previous courthouse in Beardstown still standing. |
| Champaign |  | Urbana 40°6′43″N88°12′23″W / 40.11194°N 88.20639°W | 1901 [2] : 27 | Romanesque Revival structure of stone with clock tower [2] : 27 |
| Christian‡ |  | Taylorville 39°32′56″N89°17′44″W / 39.54889°N 89.29556°W | 1901 [2] : 29 | County's third courthouse; [2] : 29 features a central clock tower [13] |
| Clark‡ |  | Marshall 39°23′24″N87°41′46″W / 39.39000°N 87.69611°W | 1904 [2] : 30 | Fifth courthouse for the county; [2] : 30 features a central clock tower [14] |
| Clay† |  | Louisville 38°46′20″N88°30′6″W / 38.77222°N 88.50167°W | 1912 [2] : 31 | Neoclassical structure, built under the guise of remodelling the previous courthouse; [2] : 31 not substantially modified from original construction [15] |
| Clinton |  | Carlyle 38°36′39″N89°22′6″W / 38.61083°N 89.36833°W | 1999 [2] : 32 | Replaced the 150-year-old previous courthouse [2] : 32 |
| Coles† |  | Charleston 39°29′42″N88°10′30″W / 39.49500°N 88.17500°W | 1898 [2] : 33 | Richardsonian Romanesque structure, one of the best in east central Illinois [16] |
| Cook |  | Chicago 41°53′2″N87°37′49″W / 41.88389°N 87.63028°W | 1965 [2] : 34 | Modernist skyscraper, the Richard J. Daley Center [2] : 34 |
| Crawford |  | Robinson 39°0′19″N87°44′22″W / 39.00528°N 87.73944°W | 1896 [2] : 36 | Romanesque Revival structure built with a central tower; [2] : 37 now towerless [17] |
| Cumberland† |  | Toledo 39°16′22″N88°14′41″W / 39.27278°N 88.24472°W | 1887 [2] : 38 | Italianate-influenced structure built on the site of the previous courthouse [18] |
| DeKalb‡ |  | Sycamore 41°59′22″N88°41′6″W / 41.98944°N 88.68500°W | 1905 [2] : 39 | Neoclassical structure with prominent pediment above entrance; [2] : 39 functionally unchanged from original construction [19] |
| DeWitt |  | Clinton 40°9′14″N88°57′44″W / 40.15389°N 88.96222°W | 1986 [2] : 40 | Modernist structure [2] : 40 |
| Douglas |  | Tuscola 39°47′45″N88°17′7″W / 39.79583°N 88.28528°W | 1913 [2] : 41 | Neoclassical structure; [2] : 41 virtually unchanged from original state [20] |
| DuPage |  | Wheaton 41°52′7″N88°8′19″W / 41.86861°N 88.13861°W | 1990 [2] : 43 | Part of a large Postmodernist office complex; [2] : 42 previous courthouse is still standing [1] |
| Edgar† |  | Paris 39°36′42″N87°41′44″W / 39.61167°N 87.69556°W | 1893 [2] : 45 | Romanesque Revival structure, octagonal in shape [21] |
| Edwards |  | Albion 38°22′39″N88°3′26″W / 38.37750°N 88.05722°W | 1888 [2] : 47 | Brick structure with central clock tower; [2] : 46 substantially altered since original construction [22] |
| Effingham |  | Effingham 39°7′18″N88°32′35″W / 39.12167°N 88.54306°W | 2007 [2] : 48 | Modernist structure; previous courthouse is still standing [2] : 48 |
| Fayette |  | Vandalia 38°57′36″N89°5′58″W / 38.96000°N 89.09944°W | Unknown | The Frederick Remann House, [23] a converted and expanded farmhouse; previous courthouse was the old state capitol [2] : 49 |
| Ford |  | Paxton 40°27′47″N88°5′57″W / 40.46306°N 88.09917°W | 1908 [2] : 50 | Neoclassical structure with a copper dome; [2] : 50 not substantially altered since construction [24] |
| Franklin |  | Benton 37°59′48″N88°55′14″W / 37.99667°N 88.92056°W | 1874 [2] : 51 | Brick structure with one-story wings, [2] : 51 added after construction [25] |
| Fulton |  | Lewistown 40°23′49″N90°9′20″W / 40.39694°N 90.15556°W | 1897 [2] : 52 | Second Empire structure; [2] : 52 built after the previous structure was destroyed by fire [26] |
| Gallatin |  | Shawneetown 37°43′2″N88°11′11″W / 37.71722°N 88.18639°W | 1939 [2] : 53 | Art Deco structure built after the previous courthouse and all Old Shawneetown was ruined by the Great Flood of 1937 [2] : 53 |
| Greene‡ |  | Carrollton 39°18′6″N90°24′30″W / 39.30167°N 90.40833°W | 1892 [2] : 55 | Romanesque Revival structure; [2] : 54 features clock tower at front [27] |
| Grundy‡ |  | Morris 41°21′25″N88°25′23″W / 41.35694°N 88.42306°W | 1913 [2] : 56 | Stone structure with elaborate murals; [2] : 56 built around the previous courthouse [28] |
| Hamilton |  | McLeansboro 38°5′36″N88°32′9″W / 38.09333°N 88.53583°W | 1938 [2] : 57 | Art Deco structure built by the WPA; [2] : 57 no substantial modifications since construction [29] |
| Hancock‡ |  | Carthage 40°24′47″N91°8′7″W / 40.41306°N 91.13528°W | 1908 [2] : 62 | Neoclassical structure; [2] : 62 built with domed tower [30] |
| Hardin |  | Elizabethtown 37°26′50″N88°18′17″W / 37.44722°N 88.30472°W | 1927 [2] : 63 | Brick structure built for less than $3,750; [2] : 63 includes prominent 1923 war memorial [31] |
| Henderson |  | Oquawka 40°56′8″N90°57′12″W / 40.93556°N 90.95333°W | 1842 [2] : 64 | Greek Revival structure; [2] : 64 features four large columns at entrance [32] |
| Henry† |  | Cambridge 41°18′8″N90°11′48″W / 41.30222°N 90.19667°W | 1880 [2] : 65 | Second Empire structure; [2] : 65 designed by prominent Indiana courthouse architect Thomas J. Tolan [33] |
| Iroquois | Watseka 40°46′18″N87°43′8″W / 40.77167°N 87.71889°W | 1966 [2] : 66 | Modernist structure built by donation; [2] : 66 previous courthouse is still standing [34] | |
| Jackson† |  | Murphysboro 37°45′50″N89°20′6″W / 37.76389°N 89.33500°W | 1927 [2] : 68 | Neoclassical structure; [2] : 68 built after its predecessor was destroyed in a tornado [35] |
| Jasper |  | Newton 38°59′25″N88°9′43″W / 38.99028°N 88.16194°W | 1876 [2] : 69 | Extensively altered from original construction; [36] built with a central clock tower [2] : 69 |
| Jefferson |  | Mount Vernon 38°19′2″N88°54′11″W / 38.31722°N 88.90306°W | 1939 [2] : 71 | Art Deco structure; [37] built by the WPA; [2] : 71 one of two extant courthouses in Mount Vernon, along with the Appellate Court, 5th District [38] |
| Jersey†‡ |  | Jerseyville 39°7′9″N90°19′45″W / 39.11917°N 90.32917°W | 1893 [2] : 72 | Romanesque Revival structure of limestone; [39] features a central tower [2] : 72 |
| Jo Daviess‡ |  | Galena 42°25′6″N90°25′32″W / 42.41833°N 90.42556°W | 1845 [2] : 73 | Originally a squarish brick building with a tower; remodelled by removing the tower and being greatly expanded to the rear [2] : 73 |
| Johnson† |  | Vienna 37°24′52″N88°53′47″W / 37.41444°N 88.89639°W | 1871 [2] : 74 | Italianate square building; [2] : 74 features cupola with public clock [40] |
| Kane |  | Geneva 41°52′47″N88°18′30″W / 41.87972°N 88.30833°W | 1993 [2] : 79 | Modernist structure, a contemporary office complex [2] : 78 |
| Kankakee† |  | Kankakee 41°7′9″N87°51′38″W / 41.11917°N 87.86056°W | 1912 [2] : 80 | Neoclassical structure; [2] : 80 topped with a domed clock tower [41] |
| Kendall | Yorkville 41°39′34″N88°27′43″W / 41.65944°N 88.46194°W | 2008 [2] : 81 | Postmodernist structure, a contemporary office complex; [2] : 81 previous courthouse is still standing [1] | |
| Knox‡ |  | Galesburg 40°56′40″N90°22′14″W / 40.94444°N 90.37056°W | 1887 [2] : 82 | Romanesque Revival structure of stone; [2] : 82 previous courthouse in Knoxville is still standing [42] |
| Lake |  | Waukegan 42°21′38″N87°49′59″W / 42.36056°N 87.83306°W | 1967 [2] : 83 | Modernist small skyscraper; [43] a contemporary office complex [2] : 83 |
| LaSalle |  | Ottawa 41°20′46″N88°50′32″W / 41.34611°N 88.84222°W | 1883 [2] : 85 | Romanesque Revival structure of stone; [2] : 84 modified from its original form [44] |
| Lawrence† |  | Lawrenceville 38°43′44″N87°40′57″W / 38.72889°N 87.68250°W | 1888 [2] : 86 | Brick structure with octagonal clock tower; [2] : 86 designed by the McDonald Brothers, architects for many Kentucky courthouses [45] |
| Lee‡ |  | Dixon 41°50′32″N89°28′53″W / 41.84222°N 89.48139°W | 1900 [2] : 88 | Neoclassical structure with Ionic columns; [46] features a central dome [2] : 88 |
| Livingston |  | Pontiac 40°52′48″N88°37′45″W / 40.88000°N 88.62917°W | 2011 [47] | Replaced a previous courthouse that was preserved, [47] a structure built around a central clock tower [48] |
| Logan‡ |  | Lincoln 40°8′46″N89°21′45″W / 40.14611°N 89.36250°W | 1905 [2] : 90 | Neoclassical structure with dome; [2] : 90 not substantially modified since original construction. [49] Previous courthouse in Mount Pulaski is still standing [50] |
| Macon |  | Decatur 39°50′24″N88°57′14″W / 39.84000°N 88.95389°W | 1940 [2] : 91 | Art Deco structure built by the WPA; [2] : 91 not substantially modified since original construction [51] |
| Macoupin‡ |  | Carlinville 39°16′45″N89°52′45″W / 39.27917°N 89.87917°W | 1870 [2] : 92 | Neoclassical structure, [2] : 93 the largest courthouse in the country upon its completion, and larger than the Old State Capitol in Springfield [52] |
| Madison |  | Edwardsville 38°48′45″N89°57′28″W / 38.81250°N 89.95778°W | 1913 [2] : 95 | Neo-Renaissance structure built of marble; [2] : 95 the fourth courthouse to serve the county [53] |
| Marion |  | Salem 38°37′39″N88°56′42″W / 38.62750°N 88.94500°W | 1910 [2] : 97 | Neoclassical structure; [2] : 96 not substantially modified since construction [54] |
| Marshall |  | Lacon 41°1′30″N89°24′28″W / 41.02500°N 89.40778°W | 1853 [2] : 98 | Italianate structure; [2] : 98 built as a Greek Revival structure but modified in the 1880s [55] |
| Mason |  | Havana 40°18′2″N90°3′42″W / 40.30056°N 90.06167°W | 1882 [2] : 99 | Greek Revival structure built to plans from 1851; [2] : 99 expanded and greatly modified in the 1960s [56] |
| Massac |  | Metropolis 37°9′7″N88°43′59″W / 37.15194°N 88.73306°W | 1942 [2] : 101 | Neoclassical structure of brick; [2] : 100 occupies site of previous courthouse [57] |
| McDonough†‡ |  | Macomb 40°27′32″N90°40′16″W / 40.45889°N 90.67111°W | 1872 [2] : 102 | Second Empire structure; [58] original mansard roof replaced after severe storm in 1890 [2] : 102 |
| McHenry |  | Woodstock 42°20′28″N88°26′27″W / 42.34111°N 88.44083°W | 1972 [2] : 103 | Modernist office complex; [2] : 103 previous courthouse is still standing [1] |
| McLean | Bloomington 40°28′40″N88°59′39″W / 40.47778°N 88.99417°W | 1976 [2] : 104 | Modernist structure one block from the previous courthouse, which is still standing [2] : 104 | |
| Menard‡ |  | Petersburg 40°0′39″N89°50′56″W / 40.01083°N 89.84889°W | 1898 [2] : 105 | Stone structure with timber framing; [2] : 105 features a central dome [59] |
| Mercer†‡ |  | Aledo 41°11′58″N90°44′55″W / 41.19944°N 90.74861°W | 1894 [2] : 110 | Romanesque Revival structure with central clock tower [60] |
| Monroe‡ |  | Waterloo 38°20′9″N90°8′58″W / 38.33583°N 90.14944°W | 1851 [2] : 111 | Greek Revival structure; repeatedly expanded in the twentieth century [2] : 111 |
| Montgomery | Hillsboro 39°9′40″N89°29′36″W / 39.16111°N 89.49333°W | 1993 [2] : 112 | Postmodernist structure, a contemporary office complex; [2] : 112 previous courthouse is still standing [1] | |
| Morgan† |  | Jacksonville 39°44′5″N90°13′54″W / 39.73472°N 90.23167°W | 1869 [2] : 114 | Italianate structure with Second Empire influences [61] |
| Moultrie† |  | Sullivan 39°35′56″N88°36′25″W / 39.59889°N 88.60694°W | 1904 [2] : 115 | Neoclassical structure with multiple Civil War monuments on the lawn [62] |
| Ogle†‡ |  | Oregon 42°0′50″N89°20′0″W / 42.01389°N 89.33333°W | 1891 [2] : 116 | Romanesque Revival structure with tower; [2] : 116 retains original oak interior [63] |
| Peoria |  | Peoria 40°41′34″N89°35′24″W / 40.69278°N 89.59000°W | 1962 [2] : 117 | Modernist structure; [64] occupies the site of two previous courthouses [2] : 117 |
| Perry |  | Pinckneyville 38°4′50″N89°22′55″W / 38.08056°N 89.38194°W | 1850 [2] : 119 | Built in several pieces; [65] final portion built in 1939 [2] : 118 |
| Piatt‡ |  | Monticello 40°1′30″N88°34′21″W / 40.02500°N 88.57250°W | 1903 [2] : 120 | Neoclassical structure; [66] features a dome with rotunda [2] : 120 |
| Pike‡ |  | Pittsfield 39°36′26″N90°48′19″W / 39.60722°N 90.80528°W | 1894 [2] : 121 | Gothic Revival structure; [67] features a central clock tower [2] : 121 |
| Pope‡ |  | Golconda 37°22′0″N88°29′5″W / 37.36667°N 88.48472°W | 1873 [2] : 122 | Two-story gabled structure; [68] replaced a structurally deficient previous courthouse [2] : 122 |
| Pulaski |  | Mound City 37°5′23″N89°9′44″W / 37.08972°N 89.16222°W | 1912 [2] : 123 | Three-story brick structure; [69] badly damaged by the Great Flood of 1937 [2] : 123 |
| Putnam† |  | Hennepin 41°15′12″N89°20′33″W / 41.25333°N 89.34250°W | 1839 [2] : 124 | Greek Revival structure with Doric columns; [2] oldest of all current Illinois courthouses [70] |
| Randolph |  | Chester 37°54′13″N89°49′42″W / 37.90361°N 89.82833°W | 1972 [2] : 127 | Built around a spiral staircase with fountain in an atrium [2] : 127 |
| Richland |  | Olney 38°43′51″N88°5′8″W / 38.73083°N 88.08556°W | 1914 [2] : 129 | Neoclassical structure; [2] : 128 not substantially modified since original construction [71] |
| Rock Island |  | Rock Island 41°30′34″N90°34′49″W / 41.50944°N 90.58028°W | 2001, 2018 | Five-story Modernist structure; replaced the 1896 courthouse in 2018 [72] |
| St. Clair |  | Belleville 38°30′47″N89°59′7″W / 38.51306°N 89.98528°W | 1976 [2] : 139 | Modernist structure with attached parking garage and plaza [2] : 139 |
| Saline |  | Harrisburg 37°44′19″N88°32′23″W / 37.73861°N 88.53972°W | 1967 [2] : 130 | Modernist structure, built of brick with few windows [2] : 131 |
| Sangamon |  | Springfield 39°48′0″N89°38′36″W / 39.80000°N 89.64333°W | 1991 [2] : 133 | Modernist structure; built after the county stopped using the old state capitol as its courthouse [2] : 132–133 |
| Schuyler |  | Rushville 40°7′14″N90°33′50″W / 40.12056°N 90.56389°W | 1882 [2] : 134 | Brick structure with corner clock tower and arcade [2] : 134 |
| Scott‡ |  | Winchester 39°37′44″N90°27′19″W / 39.62889°N 90.45528°W | 1885 [2] : 136 | Brick structure with onion dome atop tower; [2] : 136 clock added to tower in 1917 [73] |
| Shelby‡ |  | Shelbyville 39°24′25″N88°47′27″W / 39.40694°N 88.79083°W | 1881 [2] : 137 | Second Empire structure with clock tower; [74] has an adjacent war memorial [2] : 137 |
| Stark |  | Toulon 41°5′36″N89°51′57″W / 41.09333°N 89.86583°W | 1856 [2] : 140 | Greek Revival structure built from the plans for the Marshall County Courthouse [2] : 140 |
| Stephenson |  | Freeport 42°17′53″N89°37′19″W / 42.29806°N 89.62194°W | 1974 [2] : 141 | Modernist structure with an adjacent Civil War memorial [2] : 141 |
| Tazewell† |  | Pekin 40°34′10″N89°38′52″W / 40.56944°N 89.64778°W | 1916 [2] : 142 | Neoclassical structure with a skylight central atrium [75] |
| Union |  | Jonesboro 37°27′9″N89°16′18″W / 37.45250°N 89.27167°W | 2013 [76] | Built beginning in 2012; previous courthouse, destroyed at the end of the project, [77] was an extensively modified 1850s structure [2] : 144 |
| Vermilion |  | Danville 40°7′29″N87°37′46″W / 40.12472°N 87.62944°W | 1910 [2] : 145 | Five-story stone building; [2] : 145 shaped like the letter "L" [78] |
| Wabash |  | Mount Carmel 38°24′36″N87°45′39″W / 38.41000°N 87.76083°W | 1881 [2] : 147 | Modernist structure; [79] technically the same building as the 1881 courthouse, but nothing remains of the original structure [2] : 147 |
| Warren‡ |  | Monmouth 40°54′45″N90°38′57″W / 40.91250°N 90.64917°W | 1895 [2] : 148 | Features central clock tower, [80] reduced in height in 1970 for structural reasons [2] : 148 |
| Washington |  | Nashville 38°20′39″N89°22′59″W / 38.34417°N 89.38306°W | 1884 [2] : 149 | Third courthouse to serve the county; [81] expanded in the 1960s [2] : 149 |
| Wayne |  | Fairfield 38°22′48″N88°21′26″W / 38.38000°N 88.35722°W | 1891 [2] : 150 | Built with prominent tower on the facade; [82] expanded in the 1950s [2] : 150 |
| White |  | Carmi 38°5′28″N88°9′32″W / 38.09111°N 88.15889°W | 1883 [2] : 151 | Third courthouse, built on the site of the second; [2] : 151 first courthouse was the still-standing Robinson-Stewart House [83] |
| Whiteside |  | Morrison 41°48′37″N89°57′50″W / 41.81028°N 89.96389°W | 1987 [2] : 152 | Modernist structure, built of brick and glass [2] : 152 |
| Will | Joliet 41°31′28″N88°4′56″W / 41.52444°N 88.08222°W | 1969 [2] : 153 | Modernist structure, built of concrete and glass [2] : 153 | |
| Williamson |  | Marion 37°43′57″N88°55′45″W / 37.73250°N 88.92917°W | 1971 [2] : 154 | Modernist brick structure; [84] replaced a demolished 1889 courthouse on the public square [2] : 154 |
| Winnebago |  | Rockford 42°16′18″N89°5′47″W / 42.27167°N 89.09639°W | 1968 [2] : 155 | Modernist structure, augmented by a separate criminal justice center [2] : 155 |
| Woodford |  | Eureka 40°43′19″N89°16′20″W / 40.72194°N 89.27222°W | 1898 [2] : 157 | Neoclassical structure; [85] a slightly modified version of the Berrien County Courthouse in southwestern Michigan. [2] : 157 Previous courthouse in Metamora is still standing [86] |
