{"nrhp_refnum":"98001356","name":"Harrisburg City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"110 E. Locust","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrisburg","county":"Saline County","state":"IL","lat":37.739077328000064,"lon":-88.53888097699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Harrisburg City Hall is a four-level brick and reinforced concrete municipal building at 110 East Locust Street in Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois. It was built 1926-1927 from plans by Harry E. Boyle & Co. of Evansville, Indiana, with Brannon & Parker as contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Politics/Government for housing Harrisburg's city government, courts, police and fire services since 1926. It also reflects the growth the coal and railroad economy brought to the city, and the 1926 bond vote that approved it by only sixty votes. It has hosted civic, political and public events, including auditorium productions.","narrative":"Harrisburg City Hall, at 110 East Locust Street, was built in 1926-1927 for about $80,000 to replace an older city hall on South Vine Street. Harry E. Boyle & Co. of Evansville, Indiana, designed the Classical Revival building, and Brannon & Parker built it. Its brick veneer walls cover a structure of poured concrete reinforced with steel, with no combustible material in the frame. The south facade has tapered brick columns, a projecting portico and a tall arched window over the entrance. Inside are city offices, former jail cells, old fire department bays and a second-floor auditorium seating nearly six hundred, once planned as a court room and used for conventions and stage shows. Voters approved the bonds in March 1926 by only sixty votes, during a period of growth driven by coal mining, agriculture and the railroad. The building has kept its original windows and structure, with later changes including a gas boiler, a new roof and accessibility upgrades in 1994. It remains in use as the seat of city government.","period_of_significance":"1926-1948","architect_builder":"H. E. Boyle & Co., Architects; Brannon & Parker, Contractors","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as city hall; the fire department and street departments have moved out, and former jail cells are used for storage and evidence. The judge's chambers room is vacant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.583016-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/8939/28893996/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/98001356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001356/a268fddc10-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001356/a268fddc10-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harrisburg_City_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harrisburg_City_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893996","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisburg_City_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16892122"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/saline-county/harrisburg-city-hall-98001356/"}