Tuesday, September 6, 2011

County Building - Sculptural reliefs


City Hall-County Building is actually one building which serves two purposes. The City Hall occupies the west half of the building with and County Building occupies the east half is the building. Correspondingly there are two entrances..

East entrance or County Building Entrance..
This post is about the relief sculptures on the County Building entrance.. There are four relief panels..Of these two are by Carl Beil and Leon Hermant.. and.. two are seals of Cook County by Hermon Atkins MacNeil..

Sculptural ornamention by Carl Beil and Leon Hermant..

Sculptural ornamention by Carl Beil and Leon Hermant..

The seal of Cook County by Hermon Atkins MacNeil..

The seal of Cook County by Hermon Atkins MacNeil..

Wonder why the seal on the facade differs from the real cook county seal as shown on the carpet inside.. For details.. click here..

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# City Hall-County Building ..

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