{"nrhp_refnum":"72001299","name":"Old Town Hall","other_names":["Town Hall 1832-1891","City Hall 1891-1968"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"32 East St., corner of Allen St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsfield","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.448415140000066,"lon":-73.25261473899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story rectangular brick building at 43 East Street, at the corner of Allen Street, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, built in 1832 as the town hall and later used as city hall.","why_significant":"The building served 135 years as the seat of local government, first as Town Hall (1832-1891) and then as City Hall (1891-1968). It is the oldest existing city building in Pittsfield and the only remaining public building of late Federal Period architecture in the community. It also hosted agricultural fair exhibits, religious services, and Civil War recruitment meetings.","narrative":"Completed in 1832 at the corner of East and Allen Streets in Pittsfield, this two-story brick building measures 63 by 42 feet and has a stuccoed front with scored quoining, marble lintels and sills, and a central pedimented gable. It served as Town Hall until 1891 and then as City Hall until 1968, a span of 135 years of local government. It is the oldest existing city building in Pittsfield and the only surviving public building there in the late Federal style. Over the years it also housed a post office, a bank, and briefly the county courthouse, and it hosted religious services. During the Berkshire Agricultural Society's fairs in the park opposite, it displayed household manufactures, and Civil War recruitment meetings took place inside. In 1969-70 it was restored using an 1856 photograph to rebuild the balustrade, chimneys and windows, and a 1896 rear wing was removed, returning it to its 1832 size.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1832)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Federal Period","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored and remodeled internally in 1969-70 for use as a bank branch and rental offices; condition listed as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.688182-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7943/63794370/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/72001299.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001299/9bb7af76bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001299/9bb7af76bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ivan Newton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Town_Hall.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ivan Newton</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:Old_Town_Hall.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"91001826","name":"Park Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/park-square-historic-district-boundary-increase-91001826/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794370","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Hall_(Pittsfield,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7085282"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/old-town-hall-72001299/"}