{"nrhp_refnum":"74001754","name":"Van Dyne Civic Building","other_names":["The Court House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main and Elmira Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Bradford County","state":"PA","lat":41.78638741700007,"lon":-76.78588374099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story brick civic building in Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, built in 1894 as a courthouse for the western part of the county. It later housed a library, the post office and other civic functions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building's significance lies in its architecture, specifically its eclectic mix of Victorian styles typical of the late nineteenth century. It cites Gothic, Italianate, Chateauesque and Romanesque influences in its gables, cornice, tourelles and main entrance arch. The document also notes its historical importance to the local area.","narrative":"Built in 1894 as a courthouse for the western portion of Bradford County, this two and one-half story structure in Troy is fifty feet wide and eighty four feet deep. It has a cut stone foundation and red common bond brick walls, with two conical-roofed tourelles at the front corners, belt courses of metal, a slate roof and a recessed main entrance under a semi-circular arch. The second floor held the courtroom, while the ground floor housed the National Mutual Relief Insurance Company and the First National Bank of Troy. After court sessions ended in 1923, E. Everitt Van Dyne had the building refurbished as a community civic center, and a library established in 1912 moved into it. The post office later occupied the former bank space. Its importance rests mainly on its architecture, which combines several Victorian styles, including Gothic, Italianate, Chateauesque and Romanesque influences, in a single building of the late nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic Victorian, combining Victorian Gothic, Italianate (Tuscan Revival), Chateauesque and Romanesque (H.H. Richardson) influences","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Court sessions ended in 1923; the building was later refurbished as a civic center and the post office occupied space formerly used by the bank.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.120599-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001754.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001754/847f798a27-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001754/847f798a27-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Dyne_Civic_Building_Jan_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</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:Van_Dyne_Civic_Building_Jan_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998382","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Dyne_Civic_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902483"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bradford-county/van-dyne-civic-building-74001754/"}