The story
The 'Million Dollar Courthouse' - cost $1.34 million in 1870, took 40 years to pay off. Only 'hollow square' design courthouse remaining in Illinois. Features elaborate ironwork and central dome.
Everything that was here
- 1870–present · still open
Macoupin County CourthouseGovernment Building / Historic Landmark
The 'Million Dollar Courthouse' - cost $1.34 million in 1870, took 40 years to pay off. Only 'hollow square' design courthouse remaining in Illinois. Features elaborate ironwork and central dome.
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