{"nrhp_refnum":"91000573","name":"Turner Town Hall","other_names":["West Chicago City Hall","City of West Chicago Historical Museu"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"132 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Chicago","county":"DuPage County","state":"IL","lat":41.88371542100003,"lon":-88.20434471399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate town hall with basement at 132 Main Street in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois, built in 1884 and designed by Alfred Norris, with Hills and Hartman Bros. as builders.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is locally significant under Criterion A in politics and government. It served as the center of village and later city government, and housed the police lock-up, fire department and community events. It served as the seat of municipal government for 92 years before becoming the city's historical museum in 1976.","narrative":"Built in 1884 at 132 Main Street, this two-story brick building with a basement served the railroad community then called Junction, later Turner and then West Chicago, as its town hall. Alfred Norris prepared the drawings, and Hills and Hartman Bros. built it in the Italianate style, with a projecting tower, round-top windows, a corbelled cornice and a limestone foundation. The first floor held fire equipment and the police lock-up, while the second floor hosted village board meetings, dances, dinners and other social events. The name changed from Town Hall to City Hall in 1896, and the building remained the center of local government until 1976, when it became the City of West Chicago Historical Museum. It was listed for its association with public safety, government and community life. The front facade was painted in 1952, then cleaned and restored in 1985, when the original curved-top windows were returned.","period_of_significance":"1884-1940","architect_builder":"Norris, Alfred/designer; Hills and Hartman Bros./builders","architectural_style":"Late Victorian Italianate","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Since 1976 it has housed the City of West Chicago Historical Museum, owned and operated by the city; the front facade was cleaned, tuckpointed and restored in 1985.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.222151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/8928/28892803/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/91000573.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000573/ed126663e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000573/ed126663e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TurnerTownHall.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08 at en.wikipedia</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:TurnerTownHall.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892803","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Chicago_City_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7984732"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/dupage-county/turner-town-hall-91000573/"}