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The Ingham County Courthouse is an historic government building located at 341 South Jefferson Street in Mason, Ingham County, Michigan. It occupies an entire city block bounded by South Jefferson, East Ash, South Barnes and East Maple Street.〔(Mapquest maps )〕 Constructed from 1902 to 1904, it is Ingham County's third courthouse and the second on this block, which is directly north of the site of the first courthouse. Designed by noted Lansing architect Edwyn A. Bowd in the Beaux Arts style of architecture, it was built by George W. Rickman and Sons Company of Kalamazoo.〔(Michigan State Historic Preservation Office listing for Ingham County Courthouse )〕〔(Walking Tour of the Historic Ingham County Courthouse )〕 The Ingham County Courthouse was listed on the Michigan Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1971 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1971.〔〔 Today building is still used as the Ingham County Courthouse, although much of its original functions are conducted at the ''Veterans Memorial Courthouse'' at 313 West Kalamazoo Street and at other locations in Lansing, the county's largest city as well as the capital of Michigan.〔(Ingham County website: Locations )〕 ==In the news== Famous trials, real or fictional, which have taken place here include: * 1969: The notorious ''Algiers Motel Murder Trial'' of a Detroit police officer was moved to the Ingham County Courthouse from Wayne County because of adverse publicity from John Hersey's 1968 book The Algiers Motel Incident.〔(Google News: Sarasota Journal, May 13, 1969 ) accessed Dec. 25, 2011]〕〔(Google Books, Sugrue, Thomas J., "John Hersey and the Tragedy of Race," introduction to John Hersey, The Algiers Motel Incident, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998 )〕 * 2011: The courthouse scenes of the film Real Steel starring Hugh Jackman were taken at the Ingham County Courthouse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ingham County Courthouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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