{"nrhp_refnum":"75000259","name":"Holyoke City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"536 Dwight St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Holyoke","county":"Hampden County","state":"MA","lat":42.20658685400008,"lon":-72.60740254999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Holyoke City Hall is a municipal building at 536 Dwight Street, at the corner of High and Dwight Streets in downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. It was designed in 1871 by C. B. Atwood of Boston and completed in 1875, with Henry F. Kilburn of New York as architect for the last two years.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as the work of architects C. B. Atwood and Henry F. Kilburn and as a landmark in continuous use and virtually unchanged since the late 19th century. On completion it was said to be the finest public building in Massachusetts west of Boston. Its second-floor great hall and stained glass windows were also considered outstanding.","narrative":"Holyoke City Hall occupies the corner of High and Dwight Streets in the center of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Designed in 1871 by C. B. Atwood of Boston and finished in 1875, it was completed with drawings by Henry F. Kilburn of New York, who was brought in during 1874 to supply plans for the tower and interior finish. The building is faced in quarry-cut Monson granite and follows a free Gothic style, with turrets, pointed arches, a slate roof with red and green bands, and a 225-foot tower above the Dwight Street entrance. Inside, the second-floor great hall measures 113 by 75 feet and has ten stained glass windows depicting commerce, music, agriculture, water power and other subjects. When finished it was said to be the finest public building in Massachusetts west of Boston. The downtown business district grew up around it, and the building remains in use and largely unaltered as a visual focal point of the city.","period_of_significance":"1871-75","architect_builder":"C. B. Atwood; Henry F. Kilburn","architectural_style":"Free form Gothic style (data sheet: Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and still in use as city hall; described as virtually unaltered, in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.544896-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/7951/63795195/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/75000259.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000259/08e2786e77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000259/08e2786e77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holyoke_Massachusetts_City_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holyoke_Massachusetts_City_Hall.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92001725","name":"North High Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/north-high-street-historic-district-boundary-increase-92001725/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795195","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyoke_City_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5887072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/hampden-county/holyoke-city-hall-75000259/"}