The Near Westside Neighborhood
Home of the "Mark Twain River Town Tour" touring Victorian Homes at there BEST in Elmira NY's national historic district.
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Says winter on so many levels...
Updated 1/5/10
Enjoy this video show of OUR Victorian Homes in the snow.
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Victorian Home INFORMATION and ADVENTURES!

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Victorian home guided tours!
ALSO group tours available! See Victorian Homes decorated for the holidays. Enjoy photos of our High Victorian national historic district.
Guided Victorian tours.
Indian Summer tour.
www.ElmirasPaintedLady.coma favorit stop on a tour!
The Mark Twain Study on the grounds of Elmira College Campus highlights a tour day.
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The Park Church Sanctuary, listening to the Organ play.
. . . to our national historic district. We have the largest concentration of High Victorian Homes and Architectural Styles on the national register of historic places!
The "Arthur Clinton House"
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Take a guided tour of our historic district. Visit inside High Victorian's, Gothic Churches, restored carriage house, and more!
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Visit the Chemung Chamber of Commerce website here
Come in and visit our site of Victorian Homes in our neighborhood. See all homes in our historic district by
streets and pictures
Historic Elmira NY located in the Southen Finger Lakes Region
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Nationally Registered Historic District
Second Empire Style

*Area Links*Home Histories*Stained Glass*Architecture Styles, and MORE!
circa 1891 Victorian style St. Patrick's Day greeting

are decorated both inside, and out, so that the homes can be for everyone's enjoyment!
Our national historic Elmira NY neighborhood.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... One of four Civil War Barracks from Elmira, NY's Civil War Prison Camp "Helmira" Ken Burns PBS
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Victorian homes snow pictures
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Near Westside Neighborhood
Located in beautiful upstate New York’s Finger Lakes region is ELMIRA NY.
Elmira NY Downtown "Main Street USA"

Airial view of the Near Westside Neighborhood.
Photo courtosey of James Aber. The City of Elmira NY has five bridges and one train bridge crossing the beutiful Chemung River. http://www.chemungriverfriends.org/
Western New York State's best kept secret!
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Elmira's City Hall freeze
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The concept of a Historic District for the entire Near Westside Neighborhood was first conceived in 1978.
The "Near Westside Neighborhood". To see our historic homes by streets
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TOUR INFORMATION
We can customize tours
to your individule and group needs!
Great gift packages!
Samuel Draper tour guide and director, shooting billards with "Mark Twain" at the Painted Lady
www.ElmirasPaintedLady.com billard room
"An Elmira Connection"
An adaptation and re-enactment of Mark Twain's "A True Story"
Aunt Rachel (Ethel Stroman) & Tour guide Samuel Draper
"A True Story". Mark Twain and Aunt Rachel, the cook at Quarry Farm, were sitting on the farmhouse porch early one summer evening sometime around the 1870's, when he happened to ask her is she'd had any troouble during her life of 60 years.
Ethel Stroman becomes Aunt Rachel, as Mark Twain, (Gary Wilson), writes down her life story.
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The Park Church click here for current
Restoration VIDEO
Mark, Tom, Becky, at Park Church, Elmira, NY
Eric Lindsey potraying Samuel L. Clemons's "Mark Twain"
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Take a walk,
Guided tour info here view the architecture, have lunch at several neighborhood restaurants and pubs. Shop at the "Community Book Store"
CommunityBookStore.com caring a variety of books(including local authors), CD's of area musicians, gifts, and fresh ground coffee! 20 oz. $1.25. Also enjoy teas, a variety of drinks, ice cream, and SNACKS! Visit the second floor FREE "Mark Twain Hotel Museum" open 7 am till 9 pm seven days a week.
We recommend for your self guided tour to start at the "Community Book Store" Our neighborhood restaurants and pubs are all less than a 5-minute walk. Ask Karen (owner operator) at the "Community Book Store" for directions and area information.
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Schedule a walking tour while visiting the Finger Lakes area, phone 607-732-1436. If we are not in please leave a message. Long distance calls can only be returned collect. Or e-mail us at HistoricNearWestside@yahoo.com for more information.
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HISTORIC NEAR WESTSIDE
ELMIRA NY
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