The Joliet Historic Preservation Commission is considering whether to recommend the former Will County Courthouse be designated a local historic landmark, which would delay the planned demolition of the vacant building.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Hudson Hollister of Courthouse Preservation Partnership urges the Joliet Historic Preservation Commission Wednesday to recommend the building be named a local landmark.
Courthouse Preservation Partnership, which is hoping to repurpose the building, submitted the application for landmark designation April 14, keeping the building safe from demolition until mid-October, or until the Joliet City Council makes its final decision.The Will County Board voted in January to hire an engineering firm to prepare the scopes for demolition.
The board first voted to tear down the courthouse in 2019, while the new courthouse was under construction nearby. Since that 2019 vote, about half the Will County Board has been replaced with new members. “They have no plan for this land. They just want to tear it down,” Butler said. “To me that doesn’t make any sense. … It doesn’t sound like a sound decision ripping down a building that could just be rehabbed.”
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