The Court Street Historic District makes up the majority of the center of Binghamton's downtown commercial area. A beautifully landscaped public square lies in the heart of the district with the County Courthouse designed by Isaac Perry as its centerpiece. The majority of builings are primarily 2-3 story brick structures sharing a common wall. The streets once included tracks for an electric trolley system, said to be the second one in the country. The Chenango Canal (1837-1885) once ran north-south through the center of the district. Once known as the "Parlor City", it had achieved a reputation by the late 1900s as a community for comfortable middle-class prosperity.