{"nrhp_refnum":"01000865","name":"Berwyn Municipal Building","other_names":["Berwyn City Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6700 26th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berwyn","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.84308396200004,"lon":-87.79127991299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-08-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1939 Public Works Administration Moderne-style municipal building at 6700 26th Street in Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois, about 10 miles west of Chicago. It houses city offices, a former library and a firehouse and is commonly called City Hall.","why_significant":"The building is described as one of the best examples of Moderne architecture in Berwyn, notable for its prism-shaped Mankato limestone pilasters and clean lines. It was the first building the city owned for its offices, which had previously been in rented quarters. It has changed little since 1939, apart from a 1991 addition and replacement windows.","narrative":"Completed in 1939 with Public Works Administration support, this Moderne-style building at 6700 26th Street in Berwyn, Illinois, was the first structure the city owned for municipal offices. Before then, city government had been scattered among rented quarters since Berwyn's incorporation in 1908. The original building held city offices, a library, and police and fire facilities, with garages and a hose tower at the south end. Its seven-bay north facade is faced in tan Mankato limestone from Minnesota and tan glazed brick, with prism-shaped pilasters, black grooved terracotta spandrels, and carved emblems reflecting the city's motto, \"city of homes.\" The police department left in the 1960s, and the library branch left the basement in the early 1980s. A 1991 addition filled the narrow middle section to provide an elevator and stairs, and it is set back and lower than the original. Replacement windows closely match the originals. The building is regarded as one of Berwyn's best Moderne examples.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Moderne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used for city offices (commonly called City Hall) and as a fire station; a 1991 addition added an elevator and stairs for accessibility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.046252-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/8920/28892054/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/01000865.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000865/6ff433c960-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000865/6ff433c960-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berwyn_Municipal_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berwyn_Municipal_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892054","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwyn_Municipal_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4896039"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/berwyn-municipal-building-01000865/"}