Elmira Civic Historic District

The Elmira Civic Historic District is the area of downtown Elmira, New York where the governmental center developed in the town's early history. It includes the Chemung County Courthouse Complex, John Hazlett Office Building and the Arnot Art Museum/Icehouse, all on Lake Street. Among the contributing buildings on Church Street are the Richardson Romanesque style Armory Building, the Beaux Arts-style City Hall, designed by J. H. Pierce and H. H. Bickford, and the U. S. Post Office. Other buildings are on nearby Baldwin Street, Market Street and Carroll Street. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980;[3] four decades later its boundaries were revised.[2]

Elmira Civic Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Looking north on Lake Street, Arnot Art Museum in foreground
Location	Elmira, New York
Coordinates	42°5′26″N 76°48′9″W
Built	1835
Architect	Pierce & Bickford; Et al.
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	80002596 (original) 100004956 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1980[1]
Boundary increase	January 20, 2020[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Weekly List 20200131". National Register of Historic Places Weekly Listings. U.S. National Park Service. January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
3. Roger Gates Reed (September 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Elmira Civic Historic District". Retrieved 2008-09-27. and Accompanying 20 photos, from 1976

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