{"nrhp_refnum":"76002156","name":"Bradford Old City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Kennedy and Boylston Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bradford","county":"McKean County","state":"PA","lat":41.95673988100003,"lon":-78.64703059799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Bradford City Hall is a brick municipal building in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, four stories with a square clock tower rising over 100 feet. It was built in 1897.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building represents late Victorian eclecticism in a predominantly rural county, combining a number of architectural styles in a large public building. It is regarded as an unusually elaborate small-town municipal building for the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania. The form also notes that the building was threatened with demolition during a Housing and Urban Development project.","narrative":"Built in 1897, Bradford City Hall is a four-story municipal building of pressed brick with a rusticated stone first floor, set in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania. Its most prominent feature is a square tower rising over 100 feet, topped by a pyramidal roof and an open belfry that displays a four-dial Seth Thomas clock, dated c. 1910. The main entrance sits beneath a brick pedimented gable and is framed by fluted stone columns and a low balcony. Ionic pilasters, round-headed windows, relief brick work, dentils and modillions decorate the facades. The building combines several architectural styles in one public edifice, a combination the nomination regards as unusually elaborate for a small-town municipal building. It is significant as an example of late Victorian eclecticism in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, where the nomination says such civic buildings are uncommon.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"late Victorian Eclectic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The nomination notes the building may be in danger of demolition due to a Housing and Urban Development project; it is described as deteriorated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.1308-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76002156.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002156/bf31119a0a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002156/bf31119a0a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradford_Old_City_Hall_Jun_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradford_Old_City_Hall_Jun_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994735","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Old_City_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4954729"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/mckean-county/bradford-old-city-hall-76002156/"}