Court House Place was built in 1893. Designed by early Chicago architect Otto H. Matz in Romanesque style, the arched entry, corner tourelles, arcade windows and rusticated stone create a structure of imposing monumentality. A site rich in history, the building was the setting of many legendary trials including Leopold and Loeb and the trial following the infamous Black Sox Scandal. The Criminal Courts vacated the 54 West Hubbard Street building in 1929 for larger quarters, and the building was subsequently occupied by the Chicago Board of Health and various other city agencies. After years of neglect and poor alterations by the occupants, Friedman Properties acquired the property in 1985 and painstakingly restored and refurbished the building which is now occupied by office tenants.