{"nrhp_refnum":"78000799","name":"Vacaville Town Hall","other_names":["Old Town Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"620 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vacaville","county":"Solano County","state":"CA","lat":38.356304426000065,"lon":-121.98590142399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story reinforced concrete town hall, built in 1907 at 620 East Main Street in Vacaville, Solano County, California. It combined town hall, jail and fire station in one building and has a corner bell tower.","why_significant":"The building housed Vacaville's government functions, including council chambers, courtroom, fire station and a branch county jail, from 1907 until new city offices were built in the 1960s. Its design, by county surveyor F. A. Steiger, shows a small town's effort to convey civic pride and monumentality. It is also a well-preserved example of early architecture in a town that has lost many early structures to rapid growth.","narrative":"Built in 1907 on East Main Street near Vacaville's old commercial center, this two-story reinforced concrete building measures 32 by 44 feet and is anchored by a corner bell tower. The tower ends in a small dome on Tuscan columns and still holds its original bronze bell. The ground floor held the jail and a fire engine bay, while the second floor contained a council and courtroom chamber. County Surveyor F. A. Steiger drew the plans in 1906, borrowing from historical models to give a small town a sense of monumental civic pride. The first council meeting took place there on August 6, 1907. For decades the one building served as town hall, courthouse, fire station and branch county jail, shared by the town and the sheriff's department, until new city offices opened in the 1960s. Alterations have been minor, mostly at the former fire engine opening. Today it houses the Vacaville Heritage Council's collections and serves as a local museum.","period_of_significance":"1907","architect_builder":"F. A. Steiger","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and used as a museum and community hospitality center housing the Vacaville Heritage Council collections; complete renovation was planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.28786-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000799.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000799/55e8c6823e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000799/55e8c6823e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Brian Irwin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old-town-hall-vacaville-ca.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Irwin</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:Old-town-hall-vacaville-ca.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862035","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacaville_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38251612"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/solano-county/vacaville-town-hall-78000799/"}