{"nrhp_refnum":"92001006","name":"City and Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Fourth Ave. and Sixth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochelle","county":"Ogle County","state":"IL","lat":41.92257859500006,"lon":-89.06721414799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate brick municipal building with an attached single-story jail wing, at Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street in Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois, built in 1884.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is locally significant under Criterion A for its role in Rochelle's government and politics. It housed the city council, township offices, fire station, jail, police station and courtroom for decades. Its original floor plan and many interior finishes remain intact.","narrative":"Built in 1884 at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street in Rochelle, Illinois, this two-story Italianate brick building served as the city's first publicly owned hall. Flagg Township voted funds for a town house in 1866, but disagreement with the city delayed construction until 1884. Bradley and Son of Rockford designed it from a sketch by Alderman Sam J. Parker, and local contractor John R. Steele built it for $6,200 using local brick and stone. A one-story wing on the south side held the men's jail. Over 84 years the building housed the city council, township board, fire station, police station, courtroom, clerks' offices and, for a time, a library. Council debates here covered sidewalks, liquor ordinances, street lighting and election days. Alterations, including a basement dug by W.P.A. workers in 1935, did not remove the original floor plan, metal ceilings, wainscoting or jail cells. It is now cared for as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1884-1942","architect_builder":"Bradley and Sons (Bradley and Son of Rockford); John R. Steele, local contractor","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Since 1968 the building has been cared for by the Flagg Township Historical Society; the form lists its current function as museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.402204-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/8938/28893815/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/92001006.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001006/df88f9b67f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001006/df88f9b67f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"Andy McMurray","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochelle_City_and_Town_Hall2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy McMurray</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochelle_City_and_Town_Hall2.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100003265","name":"Rochelle Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/rochelle-downtown-historic-district-100003265/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893815","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_Town_Hall_(Rochelle,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5123531"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/ogle-county/city-and-town-hall-92001006/"}