National Register of Historic Places listings in Chemung County, New York
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chemung County, New York
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the
Newtown Battlefield, is further designated a National Historic Landmark
.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.[2]
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Listings county-wide
[3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | City or town | Description |
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1 | John Brand Jr. House | February 22, 2010 (#10000024) |
351 Maple Ave. 42°05′06″N 76°47′49″W / 42.084983°N 76.797053°W | Elmira | ||
2 | John Brand Sr. House | November 10, 2010 (#10000913) |
405 Maple Ave. 42°05′04″N 76°47′45″W / 42.084444°N 76.795833°W | Elmira | ||
3 | Buildings at 104–116 West Water St. | December 17, 2008 (#08001230) |
104–116 W. Water St. 42°05′17″N 76°48′19″W / 42.088047°N 76.805328°W | Elmira | Demolished in 2014 and 2015 | |
4 | Chemung Canal Bank Building | June 23, 1978 (#78001844) |
415 E. Water St. 42°05′18″N 76°48′01″W / 42.088333°N 76.800278°W | Elmira | Built 1833; oldest commercial building in Elmira | |
5 | Chemung County Courthouse Complex | August 12, 1971 (#71000531) |
210-228 Lake St., between Market and E. Church Sts. 42°05′26″N 76°48′07″W / 42.090556°N 76.801944°W | Elmira | Courthouse, District Attorney's and Treasurer's Building, County Clerk's Office and Courthouse Annex; built from 1836 through 1899 | |
6 | Chemung District School No. 10 | May 21, 2008 (#08000449) |
Old NY 17 at Lowman Rd. 42°01′44″N 76°42′56″W / 42.028889°N 76.715556°W | Lowman | ||
7 | Chemung Railway Depot-Horseheads
|
December 12, 1996 (#96001442) |
312 W. Broad St. 42°09′59″N 76°49′27″W / 42.166389°N 76.824167°W | Horseheads | Built 1866; in use through 1956 | |
8 | Clinton–Columbia Historic District | June 1, 2015 (#15000308) |
505-605 College Ave., 300-431 W. Clinton, 608-612 Columbia, 348-354 W. 4th & 513-602 Davis Sts. 42°05′33″N 76°49′04″W / 42.092631°N 76.8177017°W | Elmira |
Residential area with many late 19th- and early 20th-century home built during Elmira's industrial boom | |
9 | Warren E. Eaton Motorless Flight Facility | September 25, 2013 (#13000778) |
62 Soaring Hill Dr. 42°07′18″N 76°54′05″W / 42.1217°N 76.9014°W | Big Flats | Site of early development of American gliding | |
10 | Christ Episcopal Church | August 2, 2000 (#00000879) |
117 Main St. 42°00′54″N 76°43′39″W / 42.015°N 76.7275°W | Wellsburg | Designed by Issac O. Perry; built in 1869 | |
11 | Elmira Civic Historic District | July 30, 1980 (#80002596) |
Portions of Lake, East Church, East Water, Clemens Ctr. Pkwy., East Market, Baldwin, William, & Carroll Sts. 42°05′26″N 76°48′09″W / 42.090556°N 76.8025°W | Elmira | Governmental center of early Elmira; includes Chemung County Courthouse Complex, U.S. Post Office, Armory Building and City Hall | |
12 | Elmira Coca-Cola Bottling Company Works | May 23, 1997 (#97000423) |
415 W. 2nd St. 42°05′21″N 76°48′58″W / 42.089167°N 76.816111°W | Elmira | Art Moderne style building; built in 1939; significant for architecture and contribution to history of industry in Elmira | |
13 | Elmira College Old Campus | August 23, 1984 (#84002068) |
Roughly bounded by College and W. Washington Aves., N. Main St. and Park Pl. 42°05′52″N 76°48′53″W / 42.097778°N 76.814722°W | Elmira | First college in the U.S. to have a degree program for women comparable to those at men's schools | |
14 | Elmira Heights Village Hall | May 6, 1982 (#82003349) |
268 E. 14th St. 42°07′46″N 76°49′18″W / 42.129444°N 76.821667°W | Elmira Heights | Built in 1896; designed by local architects Pierce & Bickford | |
15 | Emmanuel Episcopal Church | November 19, 1998 (#98001395) |
380 Pennsylvania Ave. 42°04′48″N 76°48′11″W / 42.08°N 76.803056°W | Elmira | ||
16 | Erste Deutsche Evangelische Kirche | October 31, 2007 (#07001121) |
160 Madison Ave. 42°05′27″N 76°47′56″W / 42.090833°N 76.798889°W | Elmira | Built 1898-1899; for German American congregation | |
17 | Alexander Eustace House | January 4, 2012 (#11000996) |
401 Maple Ave. 42°05′05″N 76°47′46″W / 42.084858°N 76.795989°W | Elmira | ||
18 | Dr. Hovey Everett House | January 25, 2007 (#06001299) |
1594 Cty Rte 60 42°03′39″N 76°45′29″W / 42.060931°N 76.758153°W | Lowman | ||
19 | Fire Station No. 4 | March 24, 1988 (#88000242) |
301 Maxwell Pl. 42°06′17″N 76°48′26″W / 42.104722°N 76.807222°W | Elmira | Built in 1897; designed by local architects Pierce & Bickford | |
20 | William S. Gerity House | February 22, 2010 (#10000025) |
415 William St. 42°05′38″N 76°48′10″W / 42.093925°N 76.802692°W | Elmira | ||
21 | Goff, Way and Brand Leaf Tobacco Warehouse | August 26, 2022 (#100008028) |
310 Academy Pl. 42°05′32″N 76°48′08″W / 42.0923°N 76.8022°W | Elmira | ||
22 | Hanover Square Historic District | October 29, 1982 (#82001094) |
Jct. of E. and W. Franklin and N. and S. Main Sts. 42°10′03″N 76°49′16″W / 42.1675°N 76.821111°W | Horseheads | Downtown business district; built mainly 1862-1882 after fire levelled town | |
23 | Horseheads 1855 Extension Historic District | July 30, 1980 (#80002597) |
Grand Central Ave., Fletcher, Sayre, W. Mill and Center Sts. 42°09′46″N 76°49′14″W / 42.162778°N 76.820556°W | Horseheads | ||
24 | F. M. Howell and Company | August 27, 1984 (#84002069) |
79-105 Pennsylvania Ave., 50 Pennsylvania Ave. 42°05′11″N 76°48′04″W / 42.086389°N 76.801111°W | Elmira | ||
25 | John W. Jones Court | February 14, 2017 (#100000645) |
603-657 Dickinson St. 42°05′44″N 76°48′19″W / 42.095687°N 76.805377°W | Elmira | Extensively renovated in 2018-19, now called Libertad | |
26 | John W. Jones House | October 10, 2003 (#03001019) |
1250 Davis St. 42°06′27″N 76°49′26″W / 42.1075°N 76.823889°W | Elmira | Home of former escaped slave, active abolitionist; worked with the Underground Railroad; sexton of Woodlawn Cemetery; buried Confederate dead | |
27 | Maple Avenue Historic District | August 13, 2013 (#13000599) |
310 to 782 Maple (west side), 351 to 761 Maple (east side) 42°04′53″N 76°47′40″W / 42.08143°N 76.7944337°W | Elmira | ||
28 | Miller Block and Townhouse | June 26, 2017 (#100001244) |
226 S. Main & 204-206 W. Henry Sts. 42°04′57″N 76°48′19″W / 42.082554°N 76.805185°W | Elmira | 1887 brick building was one of first major commercial properties in the city's Southside neighborhood; also one of only two extant by local builder Huron O. Smith | |
29 | Mount Saviour Monastery | January 27, 2015 (#14001213) |
231, 121, 122 Monastery & 65, 212 Fisher Hill Rds 42°05′24″N 76°57′34″W / 42.0898883°N 76.9595233°W | Pine City vicinity | Farm in continuous operation since 1865 demonstrates shift from large-scale cash crop production to smaller, sustainable specialty crops after purchase by monks in 1950 | |
30 | Near Westside Historic District | December 22, 1983 (#83003906) |
Roughly bounded by Chemung River, College Ave., 2nd and Hoffman Sts. 42°05′23″N 76°49′00″W / 42.089722°N 76.816667°W | Elmira | ||
31 | Newtown Battlefield | November 28, 1972 (#72000826) |
6 mi. SE of Elmira on NY 17 42°02′18″N 76°43′33″W / 42.038333°N 76.725833°W | Elmira | Site of only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition; ordered by the Continental Congress to end the threat of the Iroquois; the Iroquois were defeated decisively | |
32 | North Main and West Water Commercial Historic District | February 16, 2016 (#16000015) |
100-184 N. Main & 200-233 W. Water Sts.; also 32-261 West Water St. and Wisner Park, North Main, West Grey, West Church and West First Sts. 42°05′15″N 76°48′27″W / 42.0876°N 76.8076°W | Elmira | Business district reflecting city's westward expansion along trolley lines in late 19th-early 20th centuries; boundary increase approve March 7, 2022. | |
33 | Park Church | May 25, 1977 (#77000936) |
208 W. Gray St. 42°05′21″N 76°48′33″W / 42.089167°N 76.809167°W | Elmira | ||
34 | Pentecostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ | November 19, 1998 (#98001387) |
351 Division St. 42°06′26″N 76°48′31″W / 42.107222°N 76.808611°W | Elmira | Address is currently an empty lot | |
35 | Pratt House | November 21, 2008 (#08001075) |
413 Lake St. 42°05′37″N 76°48′15″W / 42.093611°N 76.804167°W | Elmira | ||
36 | Quarry Farm | March 13, 1975 (#75001177) |
Crane Rd. 42°06′37″N 76°46′58″W / 42.110278°N 76.782778°W | Elmira | ||
37 | Riverside Cemetery | November 21, 2012 (#12000953) |
County Route 60 42°01′45″N 76°40′37″W / 42.029149°N 76.676826°W | Lowman vicinity | ||
38 | St. Matthew's Episcopal Church | September 18, 2017 (#100001622) |
408 S. Main St. 42°09′55″N 76°49′10″W / 42.165149°N 76.819367°W | Horseheads | ||
39 | St. Patrick's Parochial Residence-Convent and School | November 5, 1992 (#92001561) |
515-517 Park Pl. 42°05′36″N 76°48′40″W / 42.093333°N 76.811111°W | Elmira | ||
40 | Scotchtown Cemetery | December 23, 2008 (#08001229) |
NY 223 42°10′36″N 76°41′55″W / 42.176767°N 76.698656°W | Erin | ||
41 | Stowell House | August 26, 2022 (#100008029) |
319 William St. 42°05′34″N 76°48′06″W / 42.0929°N 76.8018°W | Elmira | ||
42 | Teal Park | October 7, 1983 (#83003907) |
Steuben, Pine, and W. Main Sts. 42°09′51″N 76°49′11″W / 42.164167°N 76.819722°W | Horseheads | Public greenspace; location of the Zim bandstand; designed by political cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman | |
43 | Trinity Church | October 31, 2007 (#07001122) |
304 N. Main St. 42°05′24″N 76°48′30″W / 42.09°N 76.808333°W | Elmira | Designed by Henry Dudley; built 1855-1858. Final service held September 6, 2020.[5] | |
44 | George Washington School | January 11, 2017 (#100000480) |
430 W. Washington Ave. 42°05′51″N 76°49′16″W / 42.097482°N 76.821180°W | Elmira | 1939 Art Deco school built as PWA project; used until 2006 | |
45 | Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery | October 6, 2004 (#04001117) |
Walnut and Davis Sts., West Hill and Bancroft Rds. 42°06′36″N 76°49′40″W / 42.109971°N 76.827743°W | Elmira | Burial place of Mark Twain, Ernie Davis, Hal Roach, John W. Jones; National portion begun with interment of Confederate prisoners of war during the American Civil War | |
46 | Zimmerman House | October 7, 1983 (#83003912) |
601 Pine St. 42°09′44″N 76°49′12″W / 42.162222°N 76.82°W | Horseheads | Home of political cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman |
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References
- ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ "Trinity Episcopal Church in Elmira closing". 21 August 2020.