{"nrhp_refnum":"08000036","name":"Marlborough Building","other_names":["Marlborough Hotel","State Bank of Binghamton","State Hotel","Marble Grill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"81 Clinton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Binghamton","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.10692102200005,"lon":-75.92181703499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, five-bay brick commercial and hotel building at 81 Clinton Street in Binghamton's First Ward, built in 1914 to designs by the firm T.I. Lacey and Sons for Andrew J. Horvatt.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a representative small-scale commercial building that uses Georgian Revival elements to stand out on Clinton Street. It is also tied to the economic history of Binghamton through the 1930 collapse of the State Bank of Binghamton, which operated there and failed after Horvatt embezzled more than $2.5 million.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Clinton Street and Titchener Place in Binghamton's First Ward, this three-story brick building was constructed in 1914 for local businessman Andrew J. Horvatt. The regional firm T.I. Lacey and Sons designed it, using Georgian Revival details such as a cast cartouche, a denticulated metal cornice and keystoned window lintels. It originally held Horvatt's residence, a hotel and several shops. From 1920 to 1930 its first floor housed the State Bank of Binghamton, with marble teller counters and a pressed-metal ceiling. In 1930 the bank was seized after Horvatt was found to have embezzled more than $2.5 million, wiping out the savings of many immigrant families and church groups. The failure was the first local bank collapse after the 1929 crash and led to other bank closures or mergers. The building reopened as the State Hotel in 1934, and later held shops with apartments above. It is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1914-1944","architect_builder":"T.I. Lacey and Sons","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th century revivals (Georgian Revival elements)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; some storefront windows are boarded and fire damage is evident in second-story rooms.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.179677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000036.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000036/d5ebcafcb0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000036/d5ebcafcb0-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marlborough_Building_(Binghamton,_NY)_3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marlborough_Building_(Binghamton,_NY)_3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316589","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6771658"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/marlborough-building-08000036/"}