{"nrhp_refnum":"71000619","name":"Monroe City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 W. Jefferson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monroe","county":"Union County","state":"NC","lat":34.983395388000076,"lon":-80.54952447299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Flemish bond brick building at 102 West Jefferson Street in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, begun in 1847 and completed in 1848 as the county jail. It is now owned by the City of Monroe and used as city hall.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as possibly the oldest building in Monroe and a fine example of North Carolina antebellum civic architecture. It served as the Union County jail until 1892 and has housed Monroe city government since 1893, so it has been in continuous public use.","narrative":"Monroe City Hall, at 102 West Jefferson Street, began as the Union County jail. Construction ran from 1847 to 1848 on the north side of the public square, replacing an older log jail on Beasley Street. County commissioners drew up the plans, and a large fine imposed in a Cabarrus County murder case helped pay for the work. The contract price was $6,500. The building is three stories of Flemish bond brick with a gable roof, interior end chimneys, and a pedimented center pavilion on the south front. Inside, a center-hall plan holds a stair on the east side. The second floor was once the sheriff's living quarters, and the jail occupied the third floor. The county used it until a new jail opened in 1892. The town of Monroe bought it at auction in 1893 and has used it for city government since. It is considered possibly the oldest building in Monroe and a fine example of antebellum civic architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival detailing (interior mantel); antebellum civic architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in fair condition and altered, in use as city government offices on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.003808-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/7223/47722382/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/71000619.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000619/64805602fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000619/64805602fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mpbusyb","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_Monroe_City_Hall.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mpbusyb</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:Historic_Monroe_City_Hall.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87002202","name":"Monroe Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/monroe-downtown-historic-district-87002202/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722382","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_City_Hall_(Monroe,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987145"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/union-county/monroe-city-hall-71000619/"}