{"nrhp_refnum":"83002247","name":"Indiana Borough 1912 Municipal Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"39 7th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Indiana","county":"Indiana County","state":"PA","lat":40.62075860900006,"lon":-79.15288664299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2 story, three-by-five bay rectangular brick municipal building in Indiana Borough, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, one block north of the town's main street. It was built in 1912 and served as the borough's former governmental center.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant for its architecture, notably its shaped parapet and arcaded windows that echo Dutch town halls, and for its role in the borough's civic improvement effort around 1912. The nomination cites the architectural contest held for the design and the building's Edwardian style and craftsmanship, along with surviving original interior features such as the fire call box, hose tower and truck scale.","narrative":"Built in 1912 in Indiana Borough, Pennsylvania, this three-by-five bay brick building once housed the borough's government, fire department and jail. Its west facade features a stepped, arced parapet reminiscent of seventeenth-century Dutch town halls, a blind oculus above a triad of round-arched second-story windows, and green clay barrel tiles on the gabled roof. The design followed an architectural contest that drew entrants from neighboring states, and the selected architect, Herbert King Conklin, was a New Jersey-born designer who had trained at MIT. The building was constructed of raked brown brick with white vitrified Cleveland limestone ornament. Interior features include a hose tower on the north elevation, a fire call box, a Mosler safe, and a truck scale used to weigh coal shipments. The building is significant as an example of civic architecture from the borough's early twentieth-century building effort, reflecting local aspirations and the Edwardian craftsmanship of its era. Its large garage, designed for a fire engine, remains part of the structure.","period_of_significance":"1912","architect_builder":"Herbert King Conklin (architect); Fred Herlinger (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Altered; the three second-story windows are filled with glass block and the fanlights are painted.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.949425-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83002247.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002247/3e1fd5f2e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002247/3e1fd5f2e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_Indiana_Borough_1912_Municipal_Building.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:Pennsylvania_Indiana_Borough_1912_Municipal_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995922","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Borough_1912_Municipal_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6023083"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/indiana-county/indiana-borough-1912-municipal-building-83002247/"}