Elmira Civic Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Elmira Civic Historic District
nrhp_type = hd

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caption =Looking north on Lake Street, Arnot Art Museum in foreground
location= Elmira, New York
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 5
lat_seconds = 26
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 48
long_seconds = 9
long_direction = W
locmapin = New York
area =
built =1835
architect= Pierce & Bickford; Et al.
architecture= Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
added = July 30, 1980cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
refnum=80002596The Elmira Civic Historic District is the area of dowtown 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.cite web|author=Roger Gates Reed |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Elmira Civic Historic District |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1105|date=September, 1979|accessdate=2008-09-27 and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1107 "Accompanying 20 photos, from 1976"] ]

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