The famous person Richard Teller Jr. Crane is associated with one of more of the Cook County historic places.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cook County places including Frank Lloyd Wright, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, John & Sons Griffiths, Gerhardt, Sr., Paul, Theodore Andresen, William Bryce Mundie, Walter W. Ahlschlager, Elmer C. Jensen, Henry Ives Cobb and Alb. Fischer. Prominent architectural styles found in Cook Country are Chicago, Art Deco and Classical Revival.