{"nrhp_refnum":"72000915","name":"Tioga County Courthouse","other_names":["New Courthouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Village Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Owego","county":"Tioga County","state":"NY","lat":42.10253489000007,"lon":-76.26223836199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-12-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A county courthouse in Village Park, in the village of Owego, Tioga County, New York, built 1871-1872 to designs by Owego architect Miles F. Howe. It is a two-story brick building with four three-story corner towers.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a visual landmark at the center of Owego and a representative example of 1870s public building architecture in western New York. It has also served as the seat of Tioga County government since 1872, and its interior woodwork is noted for fine craftsmanship.","narrative":"Tioga County's courthouse sits in Village Park at the center of Owego. Designed by local architect Miles F. Howe and built between 1871 and 1872, it is a rectangular two-story building with a three-story tower at each corner. Its walls are red-pink brick made by the builders, set on an Auburn ashlar foundation and trimmed with Onondaga limestone. Round windows, pointed arches, hoodmolds and quoins give each facade a distinctive look, and the towers, once of two different heights, now all stand at 92 feet. Inside, the second-floor courtroom features chestnut wainscoting, black walnut trim, a carved judge's desk and decorated galleries. The site was chosen after a movement begun in 1868 to place the courthouse in Owego, then a busy business center. It originally housed the sheriff, district attorney, county judge and county clerk, and it continues as the center of county government, also serving civic groups. It is valued as a local landmark and a representative 1870s public building.","period_of_significance":"1871-73","architect_builder":"Miles F. Howe, architect","architectural_style":"Brick Victorian Italianate (per a later grant application); the nomination itself describes arches, round windows, towers and limestone trim without naming a style","criteria":[],"status_note":"In continued use as the seat of county government, housing the Supreme Court and County Court; condition listed as fair and altered; sandblasted and the roof repaired in 1969.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.312608-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000915.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000915/36dc83a5da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000915/36dc83a5da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tioga_County_Courthouse_NY_Feb_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tioga_County_Courthouse_NY_Feb_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98000353","name":"Owego Central Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/owego-central-historic-district-boundary-increase-98000353/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322455","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tioga_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7808702"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tioga-county/tioga-county-courthouse-72000915/"}