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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 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". One site, the Newtown Battlefield, is further designated a National Historic Landmark.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

Contents: Counties in New York

Albany (Albany) – Allegany – Bronx – Broome – Cattaraugus – Cayuga – Chautauqua – Chemung – Chenango – Clinton – Columbia – Cortland – Delaware – Dutchess (Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck) – Erie (Buffalo) – Essex – Franklin – Fulton – Genesee – Greene – Hamilton – Herkimer – Jefferson – Kings – Lewis – Livingston – Madison – Monroe (Rochester) – Montgomery – Nassau – New York (Below 14th Street, 14th to 59th Streets, 59th to 110th Streets, Above 110th Street, Islands) – Niagara – Oneida – Onondaga (Syracuse) – Ontario – Orange – Orleans – Oswego – Otsego – Putnam – Queens – Rensselaer – Richmond – Rockland – St. Lawrence – Saratoga – Schenectady – Schoharie – Schuyler – Seneca – Steuben – Suffolk – Sullivan – Tioga – Tompkins – Ulster – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Westchester (Northern, Southern, New Rochelle, Peekskill, Yonkers) – Wyoming – Yates

Listings county-wide

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	John Brand Jr. House		02010-02-22February 22, 2010 (#10000024)	351 Maple Ave. 42°05′06″N 76°47′49″W	Elmira
2	John Brand Sr. House		02010-11-10November 10, 2010 (#10000913)	405 Maple Ave. 42°05′04″N 76°47′45″W	Elmira
3	Buildings at 104-116 West Water St.		02008-12-17December 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		01978-06-23June 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		01971-08-12August 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		02008-05-21May 21, 2008 (#08000449)	Old NY 17 at Lowman Rd. 42°01′44″N 76°42′56″W	Lowman
7	Chemung Railway Depot-Horseheads		01996-12-12December 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	Upload image	02015-06-01June 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	Upload image	02013-09-25September 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		02000-08-02August 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		01980-07-30July 30, 1980 (#80002596)	E. Church, Lake, E. Market, Baldwin, Carroll, and State 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		01997-05-23May 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		01984-08-23August 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		01982-05-06May 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 and Bickford
15	Emmanuel Episcopal Church		01998-11-19November 19, 1998 (#98001395)	380 Pennsylvania Ave. 42°04′48″N 76°48′11″W	Elmira
16	Erste Deutsche Evangelische Kirche		02007-10-31October 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		02012-01-04January 4, 2012 (#11000996)	401 Maple Ave. 42°05′05″N 76°47′46″W	Elmira
18	Dr. Hovey Everett House		02007-01-25January 25, 2007 (#06001299)	1594 Cty Rte 60 42°03′39″N 76°45′29″W	Lowman
19	Fire Station No. 4		01988-03-24March 24, 1988 (#88000242)	301 Maxwell Pl. 42°06′17″N 76°48′26″W	Elmira	Built in 1897; designed by local architects Pierce and Bickford
20	William S. Gerity House		02010-02-22February 22, 2010 (#10000025)	415 William St. 42°05′38″N 76°48′10″W	Elmira
21	Hanover Square Historic District		01982-10-29October 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
22	Horseheads 1855 Extension Historic District		01980-07-30July 30, 1980 (#80002597)	Grand Central Ave., Fletcher, Sayre, W. Mill and Center Sts. 42°09′46″N 76°49′14″W	Horseheads
23	F. M. Howell and Company		01984-08-27August 27, 1984 (#84002069)	79-105 Pennsylvania Ave., 50 Pennsylvania Ave. 42°05′11″N 76°48′04″W	Elmira
24	John W. Jones Court	Upload image	02017-02-14February 14, 2017 (#100000645)	603-657 Dickinson St. 42°05′44″N 76°48′19″W	Elmira
25	John W. Jones House		02003-10-10October 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
26	Maple Avenue Historic District		02013-08-13August 13, 2013 (#13000599)	310 to 782 Maple (west side), 351 to 761 Maple (east side) 42°04′53″N 76°47′40″W	Elmira
27	Mount Saviour Monastery	Upload image	02015-01-27January 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
28	Near Westside Historic District		01983-12-22December 22, 1983 (#83003906)	Roughly bounded by Chemung River, College Ave., 2nd and Hoffman Sts. 42°05′23″N 76°49′00″W	Elmira
29	Newtown Battlefield		01972-11-28November 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
30	North Main and West Water Commercial Historic District	Upload image	02016-02-16February 16, 2016 (#16000015)	100-184 N. Main & 200-233 W. Water 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
31	Park Church		01977-05-25May 25, 1977 (#77000936)	208 W. Gray St. 42°05′21″N 76°48′33″W	Elmira
32	Pentecostal Holy Temple Church of Jesus Christ		01998-11-19November 19, 1998 (#98001387)	351 Division St. 42°06′26″N 76°48′31″W	Elmira	Address is currently an empty lot
33	Pratt House		02008-11-21November 21, 2008 (#08001075)	413 Lake St. 42°05′37″N 76°48′15″W	Elmira
34	Quarry Farm		01975-03-13March 13, 1975 (#75001177)	Crane Rd. 42°06′37″N 76°46′58″W	Elmira
35	Riverside Cemetery		02012-11-21November 21, 2012 (#12000953)	County Route 60 42°01′45″N 76°40′37″W	Lowman vicinity
36	St. Patrick's Parochial Residence-Convent and School		01992-11-05November 5, 1992 (#92001561)	515-517 Park Pl. 42°05′36″N 76°48′40″W	Elmira
37	Scotchtown Cemetery		02008-12-23December 23, 2008 (#08001229)	NY 223 42°10′36″N 76°41′55″W	Erin
38	Teal Park		01983-10-07October 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
39	Trinity Church		02007-10-31October 31, 2007 (#07001122)	304 N. Main St. 42°05′24″N 76°48′30″W	Elmira	Designed by Henry Dudley; built 1855-1858
40	George Washington School	Upload image	02017-01-11January 11, 2017 (#SG100000480)	430 W. Washington Ave. Coordinates missing	Elmira	1939 Art Deco school built as PWA project; used until 2006
41	Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery		02004-10-06October 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 Cofederate prisoners of war during the American Civil War
42	Zimmerman House		01983-10-07October 7, 1983 (#83003912)	601 Pine St. 42°09′44″N 76°49′12″W	Horseheads	Home of political cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman