McDonough County Courthouse
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The McDonough County Courthouse is located in the McDonough County city of Macomb
, in the U.S. state of Illinois
. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. It joined the list in 1972. Macomb, the county seat
, is home to one other Registered Historic Place, this one at Western Illinois University
. It is the Western Illinois State Normal School Building.
Macomb, Illinois
Macomb is a city in and the county seat of McDonough County, Illinois, United States. It is situated in western Illinois southwest of Galesburg. The population was 18,588 at the 2000 census. Macomb is the home of Western Illinois University.- Geography :...
, in the U.S. state of Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. It joined the list in 1972. Macomb, the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
, is home to one other Registered Historic Place, this one at Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University is a public university founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. Like many similar institutions of the time, Western Illinois State Normal School focused on teacher training for its relatively small body of students. As the normal school grew, it became...
. It is the Western Illinois State Normal School Building.