{"nrhp_refnum":"76001648","name":"Williamsport City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Pine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Williamsport","county":"Lycoming County","state":"PA","lat":41.24255978200006,"lon":-77.00393590399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Williamsport City Hall is a public building in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, built in 1894. It is a yellow brick and stone-trimmed late Victorian structure with Romanesque detailing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the only large government building and only public building by Culver & Hudson, an important local architectural firm. It is described as the unique example of its Romanesque style for public buildings in Williamsport. The firm is described as the chief exponent of the eclectic Victorian style in the city.","narrative":"Built in 1894 to designs by Eber Culver of the Williamsport firm Culver & Hudson, the city hall is a yellow brick building trimmed in stone, with low sprung rounded arches, molded brick ornament and terra cotta columns. Its irregular plan is organized around a large rectangular tower and a smaller octagonal tower that accent the entrance on Pine Street. The steeply pitched cross-gabled slate roof carries copper decoration, and the elevation has numerous chimneys, gables, dormers and spires. The building draws on Romanesque revival traditions that began in the United States with H.H. Richardson. Culver & Hudson were the city's leading exponents of the eclectic Victorian style, and this is the only public building the firm executed. The building is also the only large government building by an important local architectural firm in Williamsport. Its interior has been substantially altered, with former council chambers converted to offices.","period_of_significance":"1894","architect_builder":"Eber Culver (Culver & Hudson)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian and Romanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The interior has been greatly altered, and the third and fourth floors were never finished or used.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:28.871704-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001648.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001648/1022939eab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001648/1022939eab-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ruhrfisch (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_City_Hall,_Williamsport,_Pennsylvania_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch (talk)</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:Old_City_Hall,_Williamsport,_Pennsylvania_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998768","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_Hall_(Williamsport,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8021268"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lycoming-county/williamsport-city-hall-76001648/"}