{"nrhp_refnum":"73001394","name":"Municipal Building","other_names":["City Building","City Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Fountain Ave. between High and Washington Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Clark County","state":"OH","lat":39.923100600000055,"lon":-83.81117693799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Springfield's Municipal Building (City Hall), historically the City Building, is a long brick and stone civic building on South Fountain Avenue between High and Washington Streets in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. It was designed in 1888 by local architect Charles A. Cregar and built 1888-1890.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of modified Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, with Cregar adapting the style to a narrow site by using two towers. It also houses a long-running city market, an unusual mix of government and private enterprise. Its size reflects the city's prosperity as a leading manufacturing center, and few Romanesque government buildings remain.","narrative":"Springfield's City Building, also called the Municipal Building or City Hall, is a rectangular structure of brick and stone about 465 feet long and 50 feet wide, running along South Fountain Avenue. Its eastern end rises four stories and carries a large central clock tower, while the western end has a similar but shorter tower. The central block is red brick with cut-stone trim, gables, dormers and chimneys. Local architect Charles A. Cregar drew the designs in 1888, and construction ran to 1890. The nomination describes the style as modified Richardsonian Romanesque and notes how Cregar used two towers to balance a long, narrow building facing Market Square. It also points to the city market on the lower floor, a tradition from Springfield's earliest days that combines government and private enterprise under one roof. The building reflects the city's standing as a leading manufacturing center and is one of few remaining Romanesque government buildings. Its tower caps were removed, and the stonework has darkened.","period_of_significance":"1888-1890","architect_builder":"Charles A. Cregar (architect)","architectural_style":"Modified Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and publicly owned, used for government and still housing the city market and the police department. The form lists its condition as fair; the third floor is said to be in poor repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.322048-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001394.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001394/38c959dc86-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001394/38c959dc86-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_municipal_building_in_Springfield,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_municipal_building_in_Springfield,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987076","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_County_Heritage_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127189"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clark-county/municipal-building-73001394/"}