{"nrhp_refnum":"99001486","name":"Frankfort Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"140 S. Litchfield St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Frankfort","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":43.038923633000024,"lon":-75.07273132899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick town hall at 140 South Litchfield Street in the village of Frankfort, Herkimer County, New York, completed in 1924 and designed by the architectural firm Kinne & Frank.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a substantially intact, representative example of Classical Revival architecture in the town of Frankfort, marked by a monumental portico and symmetrical massing. It was built as a memorial to local World War I service members and has remained the seat of local government. It is also an extant example of Kinne & Frank's civic architecture in central New York.","narrative":"Frankfort Town Hall is a brick civic building at 140 South Litchfield Street in Frankfort, Herkimer County, New York. Completed in 1924, it has a two-story main block with a Doric portico and a pediment holding a round clock face, flanked by one-story wings and a rear auditorium. It faces a linear village park on the former Erie Canal right-of-way. Voters chose to spend wartime excess profits tax funds on a town hall dedicated to local men who served in World War I. The Utica firm Kinne & Frank prepared the design, and contractor Henry Daley built it for $65,000. It was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1924. The building keeps its original room layout, and it has housed town offices, the court and community gatherings for more than seven decades. It is recognized as a well-preserved example of Classical Revival civic architecture and as a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1924","architect_builder":"Kinne & Frank (architects); Henry Daley (general contractor)","architectural_style":"20th Century Revival / Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still serves as the seat of town government, housing town offices, the town court and an auditorium used for town board meetings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.522514-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001486.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001486/0bb4415282-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001486/0bb4415282-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frankfort,_New_York_Town_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</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:Frankfort,_New_York_Town_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318132","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfort_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5490820"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/frankfort-town-hall-99001486/"}