{"nrhp_refnum":"78002485","name":"Westmoreland County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensburg","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"PA","lat":40.302695465000056,"lon":-79.54598392699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story county courthouse at the corner of Main and Pittsburgh Streets in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with a central dome and flanking gable-roofed wings. The fourth and present courthouse was completed in 1906-7 and dedicated in January 1908.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the courthouse is an impressive example of the Beaux Arts style, notable for its ornate gold glazed dome, decorative carving and statuary, and interior finished in marble and fine woods. It describes the dome as one of only two of its design built by its architect, William Kauffman.","narrative":"Greensburg's county courthouse, at the corner of Main and Pittsburgh Streets, is a four-story building with a central dome rising 175 feet above ground and flanking gable-roofed wings. Completed in 1906-7 and dedicated in January 1908, it was designed by William Kauffman, an architect from Pittsburgh. Its exterior is faced with light gray granite from Maine, and the small domes and main dome are covered in gold and ivory terra cotta. The east entrance has a large pediment carved with figures representing Art and Industry. Inside, the rotunda rises through four floors, with walls of English-veined Italian marble, colored marble mosaic floors, a marble grand stairway, and mahogany and white oak woodwork. The building is significant as an ornate example of the Beaux Arts style and as a work of an architect whose dome design was rarely built. It succeeded earlier courthouses on the same site, the first a log structure that served until 1801.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Kauffman (architect)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The courthouse is in good condition, though weathering has affected the dome and a windstorm caused two dome sections to fall; plans were being made to remold the terra cotta. A two-story office building and parking garage were being added to the rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.257129-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002485.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002485/3adea7306b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002485/3adea7306b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greensburg-pennsylvania-courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian2006</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:Greensburg-pennsylvania-courthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"95000884","name":"Greensburg Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/greensburg-downtown-historic-district-95000884/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995709","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7989281"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county/westmoreland-county-courthouse-78002485/"}