{"nrhp_refnum":"04000865","name":"Collinsville City Hall and Fire Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"125 S. Center St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Collinsville","county":"Madison County","state":"IL","lat":38.67119608400003,"lon":-89.98635375299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two connected municipal buildings at 125 South Center Street in Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois: an 1885 Italianate City Hall and a Romanesque Revival fire station, with a 1926 Civil War veterans statue.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are significant under Criterion A for their association with local government in Collinsville from 1885. They have housed city administration, fire protection and the city jail on their original site. They reflect the early twentieth-century idea of grouping city departments in one civic center.","narrative":"Collinsville's City Hall and Fire Station occupy the northwest corner of Church and Center Streets, on the site where they were first built. City Hall dates from 1885 and is a two-and-a-half-story Italianate building of red brick with limestone banding, wide bracketed eaves, and cast iron window hoods. The neighboring fire station is a two-story Romanesque Revival brick building with a three-story bell tower, extended by a matching addition in 1956. A 1926 statue honoring Civil War veterans stands on the lot and counts as a contributing object. The two buildings were joined by a covered passageway in 1972, and an elevator was added in 1994, though the original exterior walls remain intact inside it. The basement of City Hall still holds two original jail cells. The property was listed for its long role in city government: it has served as the center of political functions and fire protection since 1885, with the arrangement reflecting the trend toward centralizing city departments.","period_of_significance":"1885-1954","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as city hall and fire station; the two buildings were connected by a covered passageway in 1972 and renovated in 1994 and 1999.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.306811-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/8935/28893576/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/04000865.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000865/0a2af0e4d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000865/0a2af0e4d4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collinsville_City_Hall_and_Fire_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collinsville_City_Hall_and_Fire_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893576","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collinsville_City_Hall_and_Fire_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16827436"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/madison-county/collinsville-city-hall-and-fire-station-04000865/"}