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
Location of Chemung County in New York
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chemung County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".[1] One site, the Newtown Battlefield, is further designated a National Historic Landmark.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 20, 2023.[2]
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Listings county-wide
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Brand Jr. House |  John Brand Jr. House |
February 22, 2010 (#10000024) |
351 Maple Ave. 42°05′06″N 76°47′49″W |
Elmira | |
| 2 | John Brand Sr. House |  John Brand Sr. House |
November 10, 2010 (#10000913) |
405 Maple Ave. 42°05′04″N 76°47′45″W |
Elmira | |
| 3 | Buildings at 104–116 West Water St. |  Buildings at 104–116 West Water St. |
December 17, 2008 (#08001230) |
104–116 W. Water St. 42°05′17″N 76°48′19″W |
Elmira | Demolished in 2014 and 2015 |
| 4 | Chemung Canal Bank Building |  Chemung Canal Bank Building |
June 23, 1978 (#78001844) |
415 E. Water St. 42°05′18″N 76°48′01″W |
Elmira | Built 1833; oldest commercial building in Elmira |
| 5 | Chemung County Courthouse Complex |  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 |
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 |  Chemung District School No. 10 |
May 21, 2008 (#08000449) |
Old NY 17 at Lowman Rd. 42°01′44″N 76°42′56″W |
Lowman | |
| 7 | Chemung Railway Depot-Horseheads |  Chemung Railway Depot-Horseheads |
December 12, 1996 (#96001442) |
312 W. Broad St. 42°09′59″N 76°49′27″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 |
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 |
Big Flats | Site of early development of American gliding | |
| 10 | Christ Episcopal Church |  Christ Episcopal Church |
August 2, 2000 (#00000879) |
117 Main St. 42°00′54″N 76°43′39″W |
Wellsburg | Designed by Issac O. Perry; built in 1869 |
| 11 | Elmira Civic Historic District |  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 |
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 |  Elmira Coca-Cola Bottling Company Works |
May 23, 1997 (#97000423) |
415 W. 2nd St. 42°05′21″N 76°48′58″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 |  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 |
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 |  Elmira Heights Village Hall |
May 6, 1982 (#82003349) |
268 E. 14th St. 42°07′46″N 76°49′18″W |
Elmira Heights | Built in 1896; designed by local architects Pierce & Bickford |
| 15 | Emmanuel Episcopal Church |  Emmanuel Episcopal Church |
November 19, 1998 (#98001395) |
380 Pennsylvania Ave. 42°04′48″N 76°48′11″W |
Elmira | |
| 16 | Erste Deutsche Evangelische Kirche |  Erste Deutsche Evangelische Kirche |
October 31, 2007 (#07001121) |
160 Madison Ave. 42°05′27″N 76°47′56″W |
Elmira | Built 1898-1899; for German American congregation |
| 17 | Alexander Eustace House |  Alexander Eustace House |
January 4, 2012 (#11000996) |
401 Maple Ave. 42°05′05″N 76°47′46″W |
Elmira | |
| 18 | Dr. Hovey Everett House |  Dr. Hovey Everett House |
January 25, 2007 (#06001299) |
1594 Cty Rte 60 42°03′39″N 76°45′29″W |
Lowman | |
| 19 | Fire Station No. 4 |  Fire Station No. 4 |
March 24, 1988 (#88000242) |
301 Maxwell Pl. 42°06′17″N 76°48′26″W |
Elmira | Built in 1897; designed by local architects Pierce & Bickford |
| 20 | William S. Gerity House |  William S. Gerity House |
February 22, 2010 (#10000025) |
415 William St. 42°05′38″N 76°48′10″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 |
Elmira | ||
| 22 | Hanover Square Historic District |  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 |
Horseheads | Downtown business district; built mainly 1862-1882 after fire levelled town |
| 23 | Horseheads 1855 Extension Historic District |  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 |
Horseheads | |
| 24 | F. M. Howell and Company |  F. M. Howell and Company |
August 27, 1984 (#84002069) |
79-105 Pennsylvania Ave., 50 Pennsylvania Ave. 42°05′11″N 76°48′04″W |
Elmira | |
| 25 | John W. Jones Court | February 14, 2017 (#100000645) |
603-657 Dickinson St. 42°05′44″N 76°48′19″W |
Elmira | Extensively renovated in 2018-19, now called Libertad | |
| 26 | John W. Jones House |  John W. Jones House |
October 10, 2003 (#03001019) |
1250 Davis St. 42°06′27″N 76°49′26″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 |  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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |  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 |
Elmira | |
| 31 | Newtown Battlefield |  Newtown Battlefield |
November 28, 1972 (#72000826) |
6 mi. SE of Elmira on NY 17 42°02′18″N 76°43′33″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 |
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 |  Park Church |
May 25, 1977 (#77000936) |
208 W. Gray St. 42°05′21″N 76°48′33″W |
Elmira | |
| 34 | Pentecostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ |  Pentecostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ |
November 19, 1998 (#98001387) |
351 Division St. 42°06′26″N 76°48′31″W |
Elmira | Address is currently an empty lot |
| 35 | Pratt House |  Pratt House |
November 21, 2008 (#08001075) |
413 Lake St. 42°05′37″N 76°48′15″W |
Elmira | |
| 36 | Quarry Farm |  Quarry Farm |
March 13, 1975 (#75001177) |
Crane Rd. 42°06′37″N 76°46′58″W |
Elmira | |
| 37 | Riverside Cemetery |  Riverside Cemetery |
November 21, 2012 (#12000953) |
County Route 60 42°01′45″N 76°40′37″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 |
Horseheads | ||
| 39 | St. Patrick's Parochial Residence-Convent and School |  St. Patrick's Parochial Residence-Convent and School |
November 5, 1992 (#92001561) |
515-517 Park Pl. 42°05′36″N 76°48′40″W |
Elmira | |
| 40 | Scotchtown Cemetery |  Scotchtown Cemetery |
December 23, 2008 (#08001229) |
NY 223 42°10′36″N 76°41′55″W |
Erin | |
| 41 | Stowell House | August 26, 2022 (#100008029) |
319 William St. 42°05′34″N 76°48′06″W |
Elmira | ||
| 42 | Teal Park |  Teal Park |
October 7, 1983 (#83003907) |
Steuben, Pine, and W. Main Sts. 42°09′51″N 76°49′11″W |
Horseheads | Public greenspace; location of the Zim bandstand; designed by political cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman |
| 43 | Trinity Church |  Trinity Church |
October 31, 2007 (#07001122) |
304 N. Main St. 42°05′24″N 76°48′30″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 |
Elmira | 1939 Art Deco school built as PWA project; used until 2006 | |
| 45 | Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery |  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 |
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 |  Zimmerman House |
October 7, 1983 (#83003912) |
601 Pine St. 42°09′44″N 76°49′12″W |
Horseheads | Home of political cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman |
See also
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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 October 20, 2023.
- 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.
External links
- Chemung County, New York, listing, at National Register of Historic Places.Com
- Chemung Valley History Museum
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