{"nrhp_refnum":"78001860","name":"Old Madison County Courthouse","other_names":["Madison Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morrisville","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.898132040000064,"lon":-75.64142677999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-06-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Old Madison County Courthouse, also called Madison Hall, is a two-story wood frame courthouse on East Main Street in the Village of Morrisville, Madison County, New York, built in 1865 and extended to the south in 1877.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is architecturally significant because Italianate courthouses are scarce in New York State, and it is described as the finest and most sophisticated building in the vicinity. It also served as the county courthouse until 1909 and then housed the state agricultural school that opened in 1910.","narrative":"Madison Hall, the former Madison County Courthouse, is a wood frame building on East Main Street in Morrisville, New York. Built in 1865 on the site of earlier courthouses from 1817 and 1849, it was lengthened by 23 feet to the south in 1877. The two-story structure has clapboard walls, a gable roof with decorative cornice brackets, and a front portico with four large wooden columns. Inside are a long central hall, curving original stairs, and a second-floor courtroom with a gallery. The building served as the county courthouse until 1909, when the county seat moved. Local residents then secured a state agricultural school there, and classes began in 1910. The courthouse later served as classrooms, offices, laboratories, a gymnasium and an assembly hall until it closed in 1975. Its listing rests largely on its Italianate design, a style rarely found among New York courthouses, and on its long prominence in the village.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Designed 1865 by J.K. Laas of DeRuyter; 1877 addition designed by W. Tillotson of Oneida","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed in 1975 after serving the college as classrooms, offices, laboratories, gymnasium and assembly hall; the form checks unoccupied and good condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.786236-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001860.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001860/8370ce244c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001860/8370ce244c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madison_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Madison_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318732","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Madison_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7084413"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/old-madison-county-courthouse-78001860/"}