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Historic Places in Chemung County

Chemung Canal Bank Building

415 E. Water St.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Unknown

Style: Not listed

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Thought to be the oldest commercial in Elmira. Now the home of the Chemung Valley History Museum.

Chemung County Courthouse Complex

210-228 Lake St.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Horatio Nelson White, et al.

Style: Not listed

Period: 1825-1899

Ownership: Local Govt.

Chemung Railway Depot (Horseheads Railroad Station)

312 W. Broad St.

Horseheads, NY 14845

Architect: Unknown

Style: Italianate

Period: 1850-1949

Ownership: Private

Chemung School District Building No. 10

Lowman, NY 14861

Architect: Not listed.

Style: Not listed

Period: 1898

Ownership: Not listed.

Note: Two-room schoolhouse in use until 1957.

Christ Episcopal Church (Christ Church)

117 Main St.

Wellsburg, NY 14894

Architect: Isaac O. Perry, George W. Fishler

Style: Gothic Revival

Period: 1850-1949

Ownership: Private

Elmira Civic Historic District

E. Church, Lake, E. Market, Baldwin, Carroll, and State Sts.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: J.H. Pierce, H.H. Bickford, et al.

Style: Mid-19th Century, Late 19th, and 20th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private, local Govt., Federal

Elmira Coca-Cola Bottling Company Works

415 W. 2nd St.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Louis Read White, Jr.

Style: Modern

Period: 1925-1949

Ownership: Private

Elmira College Old Campus (The Elmira Collegiate Seminary, The Elmira Female College)

College and W. Washington Aves., N. Main St. and Park Pl.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Various

Style: Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque

Period: 1850-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: Composed of nine buildings of brick and stone, the Elmira Female College was chartered in 1855. It was the first educational institution for women in the country with admission and degree requirements equivalent to those of the men's colleges. This change was an important milestone in the struggle for women's equality. In 1952, Mark Twain's one-room octagonal study was moved from Quarry Farm to campus, where it currently resides. This unique structure can be viewed any time. Its doors are usually open in good weather with a student guide present to answer questions.

Elmira Heights Village Hall

268 E. 14th St.

Elmira Heights, NY 14903

Architect: J.H. Pierce, H.H. Bickford

Style: Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Local Govt.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

380 Pennsylvania Ave.

Elmira, NY 14904

Architect: Various

Style: Gothic

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Private

Fire Station No. 4 (Maxwell Place Fire Station)

301 Maxwell Pl.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: J.H. Pierce, H.H. Bickford

Style: Renaissance

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Local Govt.

Hanover Square Historic District

Jct. of E. and W. Franklin and N. and S. Main St.

Horseheads, NY 14845

Architect: Various

Style: Colonial Revival, Romanesque

Period: 1850-1949

Ownership: Private

Horseheads 1855 Extension Historic District

Grand Central Ave., Fletcher, Sayre, W. Mill and Center Sts.

Horseheads, NY 14845

Architect: J.H. Pierce, H.H. Bickford, et al.

Style: Various

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

F.M. Howell and Company

50, 79-105 Pennsylvania Ave.

Elmira, NY 14904

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1875-1924

Ownership: Private

Note: Founded in 1883, the company was a major supplier of cigar labels prior to 1910. These labels are now collectibles. F.M. Howell currently concentrates on paper and plastic packaging for the medical industry.

John W. Jones House (John W. Jones Museum)

1250 Davis St.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1850-1924

Ownership: Local Govt.

Historic Significance: Association with John W. Jones (1817-1900), abolitionist. Born a slave, Jones escaped and settled in Elmira. On the New York State Underground Railroad Heritage Trail.

Near Westside Historic District

Chemung River, College Ave, 2nd, and Hoffman Sts.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Unknown

Style: Colonial Revival, Italianate

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private

Newtown Battlefield (Newtown Battlefield Reservation, Newtown Battlefield State Park)

Rt. 17 (Exit 59)

Lowman, NY 14861

Architect: None

Style: None

Period: 1750-1799

Ownership: State

Note: Designated a National Historic Landmark.

Historic Significance: Association with the Cayuga Indians. On the Revolutionary War Heritage Trail.

Park Church

208 W. Gray St.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Horatio Nelson White

Style: Late Victorian

Period: 1850-1899

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Association with Thomas Kinnicut Beecher, abolitionist, brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, and friend of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and wife Olivia.

Pentacostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ (The Free Baptist Church)

351 Division St.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Not listed

Style: Late Gothic Revival

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Quarry Farm

Crane Rd.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1850-1924

Ownership: Private (Elmira College)

Historic Significance: Belonged to the sister-in-law of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and was the summer home of his family for many years. Original location of Mark Twain's study, which is now on display on the Elmira College campus.

St. Patrick's Parochial Residence--Convent and School

515-517 Park Pl.

Elmira, NY 14901

Architect: Huron O. Smith, J.H. Pierce & H.H. Bickford

Style: Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Second Empire

Period: 1875-1924

Ownership: Private

Scotchtown Cemetery

State Rt. 223

Erin, NY 14838

Historic Significance: Originally the cemetery of the First Associated Reform Church of Erin, established in 1836. The church was torn down in 1874. The cemetery is now the property of the Scotchtown Cemetery Association, established in 1880.

Steuben, Pine and W. Main Sts.

Horseheads, NY 14845

Architect: Eugene Zimmerman, Alvah Beard

Style: Not listed

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Local Govt.

Historic Significance: Association with political cartoonist Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman.

Zimmerman House

601 Pine St.

Horseheads, NY 14845

Architect: Eugene Zimmerman, Alvah Beard

Style: Queen Anne

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Association with political cartoonist Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman

Updated 4 June 2009