{"nrhp_refnum":"05001131","name":"Babylon Town Hall","other_names":["Town of Babylon Old Town Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"47 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Babylon","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.697638641000026,"lon":-73.32619626399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-10-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Babylon Town Hall is a two-and-one-half story brick Classical Revival municipal building at 47 West Main Street in the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1917 and dedicated in 1918, designed by Lewis Inglee and built by Moses R. Cornwell.","why_significant":"The nomination cites Criterion A for the building's service to the community as the seat of town government, courts and jail. It cites Criterion C as a good example of early twentieth-century Classical Revival design, a style favored for municipal buildings. The building remains at its original location and retains a high degree of historic integrity.","narrative":"Babylon Town Hall, at 47 West Main Street in the Village of Babylon, is a brick municipal building completed in 1917 and dedicated in 1918. Architect Lewis Inglee of Amityville designed it in the Classical Revival style, and Moses Cornwell of Rockville Centre built it on land donated by the Sammis family. A two-story portico with four Doric columns and a pediment marks the south entrance, and a wood cupola sits on the slate roof. Inside, rooms are arranged around a central hall, with a marble staircase, a clerk's vault and a basement jail with two cell rooms. The building housed town government until the mid-1950s, then district courts, and was later sold into private hands. It was designated a local landmark in 1986, and the town repurchased it in 2004. It was listed for its role in local government and as a well-preserved example of Classical Revival civic architecture.","period_of_significance":"1917-1955","architect_builder":"Lewis Inglee (architect); Moses R. Cornwell (builder)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The Town of Babylon bought the building back in 2004 to preserve it and use it again for town business and office rentals; some repairs were made and interior restoration was planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.790695-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001131.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001131/45ba7edf29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001131/45ba7edf29-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Babylon_Town_Hall;_Front_Doors.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Babylon_Town_Hall;_Front_Doors.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322025","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4838521"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/babylon-town-hall-05001131/"}