{"nrhp_refnum":"84002066","name":"Court Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Broome County Courthouse","Binghamton City Hall"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by the Chenango River, Carroll, Henry, and Hawley Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Binghamton","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.09711376800004,"lon":-75.90991796799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A downtown historic district in Binghamton, Broome County, New York, centered on Court Street just east of the Chenango River. It holds 104 buildings, 89 of them contributing, built between c.1840 and 1939.","why_significant":"The district is described as a relatively intact urban center whose buildings and streetscapes record nearly all of Binghamton's growth, from the decade after the Chenango Canal opened in 1837 through 1939. It shows a wide range of architectural styles. It also reflects the city's role as a regional financial center and the seat of city and county government.","narrative":"Court Street Historic District covers the historic commercial and civic core of downtown Binghamton, New York, on both sides of Court Street east of the Chenango River. It contains 104 buildings, 89 of them contributing, built between about 1840 and 1939. Most are three- to six-story brick commercial buildings standing side by side along a grid of streets, with taller towers such as the ten-story Security Mutual Building and the twelve-story Press Building near the center. The domed Broome County Courthouse and the Old City Hall, both listed separately, anchor the district. Styles run from small Greek Revival stores of the 1840s through Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical designs to the Art Deco Justice Building of 1939. The district matters because it traces Binghamton's growth after the Chenango Canal opened in 1837, including expansion tied to the cigar and rail industries, and its role as a financial center and seat of government.","period_of_significance":"c.1840-1939","architect_builder":"Various, including Raymond F. Almirall, Isaac Perry, Truman I. Lacey, and Sanford and Halbert Lacey","architectural_style":"Wide range, including Greek Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical and Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly commercial buildings, many still occupied. Some have been altered, and two earlier listed buildings (the Old City Hall and the Broome County Courthouse) lie within the district.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.708057-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002066.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002066/30fef119cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002066/30fef119cd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Court_Street_Historic_District_Binghamton_NY_Dec_08.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Court_Street_Historic_District_Binghamton_NY_Dec_08.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316559","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_Street_Historic_District_(Binghamton,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5178281"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/court-street-historic-district-84002066/"}