{"nrhp_refnum":"06001076","name":"Binghamton Railway Company Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"375 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Binghamton","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.106952464000074,"lon":-75.90886371099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of attached brick and reinforced concrete streetcar and bus facilities at 375 State Street, Binghamton, New York, built between 1893 and 1944 for the city's electric railway system and its Binghamton Railway Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for its long association with public transportation in Binghamton, from electric streetcars to buses. It includes part of the 1893 powerhouse, the city's first independent power source for electric streetcars, and the 1905-06 repair shops and offices. It is described as the largest and most intact streetcar service complex in New York State and as an example of early car house construction.","narrative":"Located on State Street in northeast Binghamton, this group of attached brick and reinforced concrete buildings served the city's electric streetcars and later its buses. It combines half of an 1893 powerhouse, a large 1906 repair shop and office building with a nearby machine shop, a battery building, and infill added in the 1930s and 1940s. Inside, a traveling beam hoist for lifting streetcars and an iron catwalk survive. The nomination ranks it as the most intact complex in New York built to service a city streetcar system. The powerhouse was the first built specifically to supply Binghamton's trolley lines, and trade journals of the period praised both it and the later shops. After streetcars were replaced by buses in 1932, the buildings continued as bus maintenance and headquarters space into the 1980s. Some windows and doors have been replaced and a western section was lost, but most original openings and the floor plan remain. The complex was listed for its transportation history and its purpose-built design.","period_of_significance":"c1893-1944","architect_builder":"Elmira Bridge Company (1905 structural system)","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Partly used as offices and warehouse space; the second floor houses a regional planning board's offices. A museum on the history of technology has been proposed, with restoration plans being developed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.27126-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06001076.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001076/7064657df6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001076/7064657df6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tkeator","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Binghamton_Railway_Company_Complex.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tkeator</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:Binghamton_Railway_Company_Complex.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316545","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binghamton_Railway_Company_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4914250"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/binghamton-railway-company-complex-06001076/"}