{"nrhp_refnum":"78000790","name":"Old City Hall Building","other_names":["Redding Police Department &amp","Council Chambers Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1313 Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Redding","county":"Shasta County","state":"CA","lat":40.586157566000054,"lon":-122.39115401499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick city hall at 1313 Market Street in Redding, Shasta County, California, completed in April 1907 to a design by architect M. W. Herron (spelled Herran in Section 8) and built by William Stephens.","why_significant":"The form argues it is a good example of a utilitarian turn-of-the-century brick office building with simple classic detailing, and the oldest building associated with Redding city government since incorporation in 1887. It also notes its role as a local landmark, with a vine-covered north wall and two surviving palm trees as notable landscape features. The form rates its significance as local, tied to regional understanding of West Coast city governance.","narrative":"Built in 1907 at 1313 Market Street, Redding's old city hall is a two-story brick building of about 7,000 square feet. It was designed by M. W. Herron and built by William Stephens, using bricks made locally by the Redding Brick and Tile Company. Vertical pilasters, corbelled brick bands and semicircular arched windows give it simple classic detailing. It originally had a mansard-roofed corner cupola, which was later removed. The building housed city offices, the police, the fire department, a jail and the second-floor Council Chambers, and later served as a wedding chapel, courtroom and civil defense headquarters. It is described as the oldest building tied to city government since Redding's 1887 incorporation. A vine planted in 1910 covers the north wall, and two palms planted in 1908 remain on the west side. A structural engineer found the brick walls sound, though the roof needed seismic strengthening.","period_of_significance":"1900-1999","architect_builder":"William Stephens/M. W. Herran","architectural_style":"Utilitarian turn-of-the-century brick office building with simple classic detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in government use as the Police Department and Council Chambers; both functions were to move to a new location, leaving future use undetermined. A structural engineer found it in very good condition for its age.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.158866-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000790.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000790/c0f2e354fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000790/c0f2e354fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NoeHill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redding_Old_City_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NoeHill</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redding_Old_City_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861935","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133539612"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/shasta-county/old-city-hall-building-78000790/"}