{"nrhp_refnum":"89001066","name":"Troy Savings Bank and Music Hall","other_names":["See Also:Second Street Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"32 Second St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.73040318450006,"lon":-73.69139212203301,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-04-11","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1989-04-11","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A combined bank and concert hall building at 32 Second Street in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, designed by George B. Post, with construction beginning in 1871 and the Music Hall opening in 1875.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of the finest nineteenth-century auditorium structures in the United States and an early example of Post's mature style. It is one of the few Post buildings that remains basically unchanged. It also reflects the wealth of Troy's Civil War-era iron and steel industries.","narrative":"Dominating downtown Troy, this bank and concert hall at 32 Second Street was designed by architect George B. Post and begun in 1871. The bank occupies the lower floors, with adjacent commercial rental space, while the 1,250-seat Music Hall sits high above. Post combined engineering skill with Italianate and Second Empire styling, including a great mansard glass roof that lit the banking room below. The hall opened in 1875 at a cost of between $300,000 and $400,000, and was compared in scale and ornament to auditoriums in Europe and America. Its construction followed Troy's wartime boom in iron and Bessemer steel production, and state banking law that called for some funding of public amenities. The building is valued as one of the finest nineteenth-century auditoriums in the country and as one of Post's few works that remains basically unchanged. Alterations include a pipe organ added in 1890, fire-safety work in 1929, removal of the original chandelier, and a 1948 remodelling of the banking floor.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"George B. Post (1837-1913)","architectural_style":"Italianate and Second Empire, with French Renaissance ornament","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a bank and theatre; the Music Hall was undergoing a refurbishment program at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.225159-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89001066_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001066/086e4df686-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001066/086e4df686-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TroySavingsBankMusicHallPanorama.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</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:TroySavingsBankMusicHallPanorama.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000367","name":"Central Troy Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-troy-historic-district-boundary-increase-16000367/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316028","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Savings_Bank_Music_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7846943"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/troy-savings-bank-and-music-hall-89001066/"}