{"nrhp_refnum":"16000744","name":"New Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fonda","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"1982-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Richardsonian Romanesque red brick courthouse on the north edge of the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, New York, facing south onto Broad Street. It was built in 1892.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the building to the county's legal and judicial activities from 1892 onward. It also calls it a notable example of late nineteenth century Romanesque Revival design. It is one of three properties in the Montgomery County Buildings Thematic Group, which is significant for the history of county government administration.","narrative":"Built in 1892, the New Courthouse sits on the north edge of Fonda, New York, facing south onto Broad Street. Court Street runs along the east side, a steep escarpment lies to the north, and a landscaped park separates it from the modern county office building to the west. The red brick building follows a Richardsonian Romanesque design, with limestone used for the foundation, sill course and occasional accents. It is a broad rectangle with a square entrance tower at the front, a small T at the rear and a larger rectangular addition behind. A high hipped roof with broad flared eaves makes the single-story structure look larger. Large round-arched windows light the front courtroom, and the tower rises three stories to a steep pyramidal roof and an open belfry with three arches on each face. The courthouse was listed as part of a group of Montgomery County buildings recognized for their link to county government, and it is noted for its association with the county's legal and judicial activity since 1892.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque / Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.533403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/16000744.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313676","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/new-courthouse-16000744/"}